 While they ate breakfast, Raul made a phone call to someone by the name of Fahim requesting his truck and clothes for Brandon. It made Brandon smile when Raul simply rattled off sizes and what items to bring. “Fahim will be here in about a half hour,” Raul said after ending the call. “Does he live here, in Tucson?” Raul shook his head. “No. Green Valley. Fahim is a jinni. He uses alternate means of transportation when needed.” He grinned and pocketed his phone. “You don’t want to go wandering around in hospital garb.” Brandon finished off his eggs, then said, “No, I do not.” He fell silent for a minute, trying to decide what he wanted to say next. One thing couldn’t be said enough. “Thank you, for searching for me.” “I’m sorry it took as long as it did.” “So, what happens now? I tell the police what I know and then what?” Brandon asked. “There are still at least two more men out there. They know you’re free and they have no idea what you know,” Raul said. “Because you do know more, don’t you?” Brandon nodded. “Someone is being paid a lot of money from my father’s company. I don’t know who sent the payments, or how, but money, a lot of money is gone. Those kids have something to do with it, and they weren’t being given scholarships. I also know I don’t want my family, particularly my father, knowing where I am right now.” “Why? What did they do to you?” Brandon shrugged. “Nothing specific, or horrible… that I can prove. I don’t think they like me very much. If I wasn’t a scintilla and useful, I’m pretty sure they’d have nothing to do with me.” “Nothing you can prove?” Raul echoed. Brandon nodded, and Raul took a deep breath. “Someone close to you…closely associated with you or your family did this to you?” “Yeah. Or they sold me out. There aren’t a lot of people in this world who know the extent of what I was trained to do. Other than you, all those other people are related to me,” Brandon confessed. Brandon had the sense that what he hadn’t told Raul, or what hadn’t been learned from Brandon’s father, Raul had worked out for himself. “I want to find out what’s going on and stop these people, whoever they are.” Raul reached out and took Brandon’s hand. “Then we will. We’ll talk to the cops and get you somewhere safe. After that we pool our talents and resources and get the answers.”    
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