![]() ![]() Marino has been a detective as long as I've known him. I couldn't remember the last time I'd invited him to drop by my office for coffee or to come to my house for-dinner. It had been weeks, maybe a month, since I had called just to check on him. I was hurt Marino hadn't let me know, and I was ashamed I hadn't found out anyway. ![]() I wondered how long ago this had happened. I couldn't imagine why anyone would throw someone so valuable back into uniform. Then we got a whiff and no way that container was going anywhere. Was five days ago, Shaw told me.Which is why it was loaded straight on a chassis. In fact, this cargo's already been released by Customs. The number matches the one on the entry filed by the Customs broker, nothing the least out of the ordinary. What about stowaways? I asked.Although I can't imagine anyone choosing to hide inside a locked container for two weeks on high seas. I thought it strange he was dressed in long sleeves and long pants, as warm as it was. Dockworkers and crew had nothing to do and kept their eyes on us from the tarmac.Ī man on the Euroclip was standing by the starboard side, looking back at us with binoculars. Forklifts and flatbed trucks had been abandoned. A light breeze clinked heavy chains against cranes that had been offloading steel beams from the Eurocl#p, three hatches at a time, when all activity stopped. ![]() I looked around, taking in the entire scene at once. ![]()
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