Reynolds took possession of Martin Hale\u2019s Christmas card that afternoon.<\/p>\n
Martin\u2019s wife brought it to the attorney\u2019s office in a plastic sandwich bag, which made Reynolds close his eyes briefly before accepting it.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou touched it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin looked embarrassed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a Christmas card.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many people?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife. Me. Probably the mail carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds sighed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the envelope?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSame.\u201d<\/p>\n
The card itself was almost offensively ordinary.<\/p>\n
Snow-covered farmhouse.<\/p>\n
Red barn.<\/p>\n
Printed greeting inside.<\/p>\n
Peace and happiness throughout the coming year.<\/p>\n
Beneath it, in blue ink, someone had written:<\/p>\n
Still building good lives?<\/p>\n
No signature.<\/p>\n
Martin watched Reynolds seal it properly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Marcus\u2019s handwriting?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said it was something he used to say.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re finally learning not to turn coincidence into certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had an expensive teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobody needed to ask whom I meant.<\/p>\n
Martin provided several old documents containing Marcus\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n
Agents sent everything for comparison.<\/p>\n
We left separately.<\/p>\n
Reynolds made me promise not to contact Sarah until he knew whether the card was genuine.<\/p>\n
I lasted one day.<\/p>\n
Not because I intended to tell her.<\/p>\n
Because she called me.<\/p>\n
Prison calls had become familiar enough that seeing the institutional number no longer shocked me.<\/p>\n
I accepted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou talked to Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n
I closed my office door.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Reynolds had someone ask me about him this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did they ask?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether Marcus used a particular phrase.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat phrase?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBuilding good lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
So they were verifying independently.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you tell them?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat Marcus said it sarcastically whenever Martin produced a convincing identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sometimes said it after destroying one.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Marcus exposed someone using a false identity, he would call Martin afterward and say something like, \u2018Another good life gone.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The phrase became uglier.<\/p>\n
\u201cSarah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin received a Christmas card.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLast December.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did it say?\u201d<\/p>\n
I told her.<\/p>\n
She breathed out slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t know from a phrase.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou thought he might be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI hoped he was.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked through the glass wall of my office at coworkers moving through the hallway.<\/p>\n
Nobody knew I was discussing a man who had once planned my disappearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy contact Martin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo frighten him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy after all these years?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the question.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould it be because Martin\u2019s brother interfered with the transfer?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus may not have known Peter did that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he knows now?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen Martin could be in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n
I called Reynolds immediately afterward.<\/p>\n
He was irritated.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou spoke to Sarah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe called.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could have declined.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI could also have become a professional tap dancer. Neither happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
He ignored me.<\/p>\n
\u201cHandwriting results will take time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the postmark?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoston distribution center. Could have originated from a wide area.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCameras?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToo old.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFingerprints?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWorking on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
I hated waiting.<\/p>\n
Three days later, Reynolds arrived at my apartment without warning.<\/p>\n
That alone told me something had changed.<\/p>\n
I opened the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I come in?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n
He did not laugh.<\/p>\n
Once inside, he walked through the apartment slowly.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you noticed anything unusual?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDefine unusual.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDoors, windows, objects moved, unexplained calls, unfamiliar people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVehicles?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI live in an apartment building.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThink.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did.<\/p>\n
A dark sedan had occupied the visitor spaces twice that week.<\/p>\n
Probably nothing.<\/p>\n
A delivery package had been left at the wrong door.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
A man had held the lobby door for me Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n
That was the problem with surveillance.<\/p>\n
Once you feared it, normal life became unusable evidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you asking?\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds removed his phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe handwriting comparison came back.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStrong similarities. Not enough for formal identification.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo probably Marcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe card had a partial print.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe never had a confirmed full set from him under that name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen useless.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot completely.\u201d<\/p>\n
He showed me a photograph.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrint characteristics match a latent print recovered from locker 417.\u201d<\/p>\n
I sat down.<\/p>\n
Same person, or at least someone who had handled both objects.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow old was the locker print?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCould have been from the original storage period.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the card proves whoever left it was active last December.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLikely.\u201d<\/p>\n
The word had barely settled when Reynolds continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s more.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin received another piece of mail yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo card this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA photograph.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOf who?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n
For several seconds, I genuinely thought Reynolds had misspoken.<\/p>\n
\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen was it taken?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRecently.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow recently?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on the setting, within the last two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mouth went dry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOutside your office.\u201d<\/p>\n
The room changed.<\/p>\n
Everything became immediate.<\/p>\n
Not eleven years ago.<\/p>\n
Not Sarah\u2019s criminal life.<\/p>\n
Not Montreal.<\/p>\n
Two weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cShow me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds hesitated.<\/p>\n
\u201cShow me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He turned the phone around.<\/p>\n
There I was.<\/p>\n
Leaving my office building.<\/p>\n
Gray jacket.<\/p>\n
Laptop bag.<\/p>\n
Coffee in my right hand.<\/p>\n
I remembered the morning because I had spilled some coffee inside my car.<\/p>\n
The photograph had been taken from across the street.<\/p>\n
On the back, handwritten:<\/p>\n
STILL CLEAN.<\/p>\n
I stared at it.<\/p>\n
The phrase connected directly to Marianne Holt\u2019s old report.<\/p>\n
HUSBAND VERIFIED. NO KNOWLEDGE. KEEP CLEAN.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs that Marcus\u2019s handwriting?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLooks similar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy send it to Martin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe to show he knows we\u2019re talking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut how would he know?\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds looked toward my windows.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fear came differently than I expected.<\/p>\n
Not panic.<\/p>\n
Anger.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe followed me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo what?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTurn everything into cautious grammar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job requires cautious grammar.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy life doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
He sat opposite me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re assigning surveillance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat isn\u2019t optional.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAm I under arrest?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen it sounds optional.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone connected to a man who planned your death recently photographed you. This isn\u2019t the time to prove independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
That shut me up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about Martin?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProtection is being discussed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Sarah?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s in a secure federal facility.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus once worked around people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe isn\u2019t walking into a federal prison.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wanted to believe him.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Elena Ward know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t contacted her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we don\u2019t yet know whether this is Marcus, someone working for Ward, or someone deliberately imitating Marcus.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho would do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone who wants us looking in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
That possibility had become depressingly familiar.<\/p>\n
The next week altered my routine.<\/p>\n
Not visibly.<\/p>\n
That was Reynolds\u2019s instruction.<\/p>\n
Go to work.<\/p>\n
Shop normally.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t scan every parking lot.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t confront anyone.<\/p>\n
Invisible teams watched instead.<\/p>\n
I hated knowing they were there.<\/p>\n
Then, on Thursday evening, someone finally made contact.<\/p>\n
I had stopped at a grocery store.<\/p>\n
I was choosing coffee when a woman beside me said, \u201cThat brand tastes burned.\u201d<\/p>\n
I glanced at her.<\/p>\n
Early sixties.<\/p>\n
Silver-blond hair.<\/p>\n
Dark coat.<\/p>\n
Expensive but understated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve survived worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I\u2019ve heard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everything inside me stopped.<\/p>\n
She picked up another bag of coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cTry this one.\u201d<\/p>\n
I did not move.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I know you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
My pulse accelerated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n
She placed the coffee into my cart.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena Ward.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are names that become so dangerous in your imagination that hearing them spoken aloud feels impossible.<\/p>\n
I looked toward the aisle entrance.<\/p>\n
She noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour federal friends are outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know about them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew before I approached.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen you wanted them to see you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I\u2019m tired of being watched from a distance.\u201d<\/p>\n
I gripped the cart handle.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou contacted me years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Marianne Holt?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
A faint smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat wasn\u2019t me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone working for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarianne was a real woman.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is she?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDead.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer was so calm that I felt cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCancer.\u201d<\/p>\n
I had expected violence.<\/p>\n
Ward saw that.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot every death belongs to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUs?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople you\u2019ve turned into monsters in your head.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus planned to kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you think I stole your money?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor several months.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI concluded you were exactly what you appeared to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA boring husband.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPainfully.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite myself, I almost smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you here?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward looked at the shelves.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause Marcus is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement was not a theory.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSix weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n
My grip tightened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoston.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you tell federal investigators?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause he asked about you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The aisle suddenly felt narrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did he ask?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you still spoke to Sarah.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWas that true?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wanted to know whether you had found Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew we were looking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward\u2019s expression hardened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is what concerns me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus should not have access to current investigative information.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless someone is feeding him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFederal law enforcement?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n
I thought of Reynolds.<\/p>\n
Then immediately hated myself for it.<\/p>\n
Ward noticed the hesitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust is difficult after Sarah, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t use my marriage as leverage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou used me before.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI investigated you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou married a professional money launderer. Ordinary introductions were no longer available.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sentence angered me because it was partly true.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat does Marcus want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you have something.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe thinks you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward picked up another bag of coffee and examined the label.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe missing portion of his insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what that means.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNeither do I.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She returned the coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cBelieve evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Marcus?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGone again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not stop him when you saw him?\u201d<\/p>\n
Her eyes met mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I wanted to know where he would lead me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTo you.\u201d<\/p>\n
I felt a chill.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came here?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot directly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen how?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe began asking about the old case.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough who?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople who should know better.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNames.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot in a grocery aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the store entrance.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome talk to Reynolds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I don\u2019t know who inside his world Marcus can see.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou expect me to trust you instead.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect you to trust nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officer Martinez had told me almost the same thing years earlier.<\/p>\n
Be careful who you trust.<\/p>\n
Ward reached into her coat.<\/p>\n
I stiffened.<\/p>\n
She removed a receipt.<\/p>\n
On the back she wrote a phone number.<\/p>\n
\u201cMemorize it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not joining your spy network.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t a network.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAn emergency number.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFor what emergency?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Marcus contacts you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would I call you instead of police?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCall both.\u201d<\/p>\n
She handed me the receipt.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if he mentions the word \u2018Harbor,\u2019 do not answer any questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHarbor?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n
For the first time, I saw genuine unease.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething Sarah hid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Marcus?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
I stared at her.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re telling me Sarah kept another secret.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ward gave a humorless smile.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurely that can\u2019t surprise you anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
She walked away.<\/p>\n
I stood beside the coffee for perhaps ten seconds before Reynolds appeared at the end of the aisle.<\/p>\n
He moved quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho was that?\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked toward the corner where Ward had disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really don\u2019t know?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
That answer frightened me.<\/p>\n
\u201cElena Ward.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds\u2019s face went still.<\/p>\n
He reached for his radio.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did she say?\u201d<\/p>\n
I opened my hand.<\/p>\n
The receipt was still there.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he\u2019s looking for something Sarah hid.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
I swallowed.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarbor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reynolds\u2019s reaction told me the word was not new to him.<\/p>\n
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