Then I hear Diego say, “Lucas, listen, man… I don’t even know what to say.” The guard’s normally upbeat voice is heavy with guilt. “Why don’t you explain it to me, all nice and slow? Or better yet, put Diego on the line, so he can do it.” “No, I don’t know.” I’m all but biting out the words. If I could reach through the phone and crush Eduardo’s windpipe, I would. Just a way to get out of the afternoon heat for a couple of hours, you know?” We just thought that with all the technology, it wouldn’t be a big deal. “It was stupid and irresponsible, and I’m sure Esguerra will have our hides.
“I know.” Eduardo sounds genuinely contrite. “A poker game?” My voice goes deadly quiet. “It was just a friendly poker game we didn’t know the computer wouldn’t-”
“We did fuck up, Kent, but I swear to you, we had no idea the security software would let anything slide.” The young guard is speaking quickly now, as if anxious to get the words out. “What?” I can’t hold back my anger this time. Then Eduardo says quietly, “I don’t know why none of the security alarms were triggered, but it’s possible there were a couple of hours when we didn’t have eyes on the border at all locations.” In a calmer tone, I say, “How could she have gotten out without triggering the alarms or any of the guard towers spotting her? We have eyes on every foot of that border.” The important thing now is to get answers and figure out where the holes in our security are. “Okay, let’s suppose you didn’t completely fuck up.” I take a breath to control the explosive anger in my chest. Maybe she’s had them for a while, or maybe-” She must’ve concealed the tools somehow, but I don’t know how or when. There was nothing there she could’ve used. “We checked her pockets after each meal, like you said, and we inspected the bathroom-the only place she’s been alone and untied-several times. “How did she get her hands on ‘something small and sharp’? Or open the fucking handcuffs? You and Diego were supposed to watch her at all times-” My rage deepens with every sentence the guard speaks. We’re getting the drone feeds now, but it’s not looking good.” He says he came across her in the forest, but she surprised him and knocked him out. He has a hell of a concussion, but we got him to wake up a few minutes ago. We had the guards scour every inch of the jungle, and they found Sanchez unconscious by the northern border. The handcuffs were on the floor of your library, and the ropes were sawed through with something small and sharp. “We came back to your house a half hour ago and found her missing. “I don’t know how it happened.” Eduardo’s voice is tense. “Say that again?” I grip the phone tighter, nearly crushing it as my disbelief morphs into burning fury.
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