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Authors: Patricia Lewin

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“Now?” He held his breath, afraid to hope.

“Now I think the fewer people who know about them, the better.”

He couldn’t allow her to make that sacrifice, not without fully understanding the implications. “You need to think about this, Sydney. That disk is your ticket home. Without it—”

“I can’t go home, Ethan. Not even with the information on that disk. Not after all this.”

“You’ll be giving away your life.”

“Should I forfeit the children’s lives instead?”

No, he should have known she’d never do that. “It won’t be easy.”

She met his smile. “I’m not sure ‘easy’ is what I want anymore.” Then she turned toward Danny and Callie as they clambered up the three steps to the bridge.

“Everything settled below?” Ethan asked, as Sydney helped Callie into the copilot’s seat.

“Adam’s got it under control,” Danny answered.

“He’s real good with the little ones,” Callie added.

Ethan fought a grin. Callie was one of the little ones. “You know, you guys did real good back there. You probably saved our lives.”

Danny beamed.

“Whose idea was the flare?” It had supplied just the split second of distraction Ethan had needed.

“Danny’s,” Callie answered. “But Adam fired it.”

“Not bad, but he’s going to need some target practice.”

“No kidding.” Danny rolled his eyes. “He was aiming for the van.”

Ethan laughed abruptly. He must be crazy. The freedom and lives of twenty-five kids and his ex-wife depended on him. A smart man would disappear, something Ethan knew all about. But he wasn’t going anywhere. Not this time.

“You know, Syd, there are no guarantees.” He looked over at her, standing with a protective arm around Callie’s shoulders. “But with a little luck, we might have a chance.”

“A chance,” she said, “is all anyone can ask.”

A Ballantine Book

Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group

Copyright © 2003 by Patricia Van Wie

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Ballantine
Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

Blind Run
is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Ballantine and colophon are registered trademarks
of Random House, Inc.

www.ballantinebooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lewin, Patricia.

Blind run / Patricia Lewin.

p. cm.

I. Title.

PS3612.E846 B58 2003

813´.6—dc21

2002042686

eISBN: 978-0-345-46364-7

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