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Chapter 18

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Clay was at work that Friday afternoon and had his private phone on vibrate only, as usual. He almost ignored it when the instrument gave a couple of fretful wiggles. Curiosity soon got the better of him. He didn’t get a lot of calls or messages and only carried the phone in case of an emergency.

He brought up the short text, scanned it, blinked, and looked again. Meet eastbound Amtrak 10:30 tonight. He checked the schedule, thinking maybe it was some kind of dumb joke. Sure enough, the LA to Chicago train was due in at 10:30. It might be a little late, unless there’d been a track issue he hadn’t yet heard about to the west, it would probably be on time. Since his job required he be informed of delays and track problems promptly, he doubted any had occurred.