Whistleblower and Never Say Die (49 page)
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Authors: Tess Gerritsen
“Forget the luggage,” she whispered. “Forget everything. “Let’s just go….”
They climbed into the taxi. That’s when the band on the hospital balcony abruptly switched to a new melody, one Cathy didn’t at first recognize. Then, out of the muddy strains, the kazoo screeched out a solo that, for a few notes, was perfectly in tune. They were playing
Tannhäuser.
Wedding music!
“What the hell’s that terrible noise?” asked the taxi driver.
“Music,” said Victor, grinning down at Cathy. “The most beautiful music in the world.”
She fell into his arms, and he held her there.
The taxi pulled away from the curb. But even as they drove away, even as they left the hospital far behind them, they thought they could hear it in the distance: the sound of Sam Polowski’s kazoo, playing one last fading note of farewell.
ISBN: 978-1-4268-4549-9
NEVER SAY DIE & WHISTLEBLOWER
Copyright © 2007 by MIRA Books.
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NEVER SAY DIE
Copyright © 1992 by Terry Gerritsen.
WHISTLEBLOWER
Copyright © 1992 by Terry Gerritsen.
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