RUTH

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               We finally got him. We roped him in a chair.

               He woke up.

               "Where am I?" he asked.

               "Daniel's house," I said. "Where's the necklace?"

               "I don't have it," he answered. I turned to the others and spoke in Russian.

               "Sam still has it. You two go fetch," I ordered. Tod and Daniel left to get it. I turned back to Rodriguez. "How do you plan on escaping?" I asked him.

               "I'm a great actor," he said. I laughed.

               "What is that supposed to mean?" I asked.

               "It means that I just faked being unable to run, breathe, or talk," he said, and the ropes fell off him.

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