July

PREVIOUSLY…

I run away from the wreckage of the Ormond Orca, just as it explodes. I dodge my pursuers in the forest and make it to the town of Big River, where I hide in an empty scout hall.

Finally back in the city, I dream about my dead great-uncle. He assures me I'll find the answers I need. I hope he's right.

Boges sets me up in a mansion in Crystal Beach and tells me he's found a guy who'll give us Sligo's new address for four hundred bucks.

I am convinced Sligo has the Jewel, so I need money. I call Griff Kirby, who said he could help me earn quick cash. The work on offer ends up being a carjacking. I get myself beaten up while trying to stop it.

Boges scores Sligo's address, so I go to Repro's to convince him to help me break into the safe and retrieve the Jewel. He thinks the job's too dangerous.

Winter offers to help us get inside Sligo's place, which prompts me to try again for Repro's help.

It's a race-against-time as Repro battles to find the correct combination to Sligo's safe. Finally, he cracks the code and the door swings open to reveal the Ormond Jewel! I also spot a photo of Winter wearing it! Sligo returns and we speed away in a gardening truck. We're chased to the edge of a cliff and forced out on foot.
Repro
disappears into the scrub, while I make use of an abandoned hang-glider and take off into the sky.

Walking back to the city, cops pull me up and drag me in for questioning. They think I'm Ben Galloway, but I know that false ID won't hold up for long.

The cops want to transfer me to another station,
but I intercept their keys and take off in a squad car. A high-speed chase leads all the way down to the sea. On foot, I run down a jetty, jump onto a jet ski and ride away. A fishing boat appears from nowhere, sending me crashing into the water. I'm entangled in a fishing net, trapped underwater …