DEAD SPAC MARTYR PART FOUR THE DESCENT Part 33
33 Terry and the twins stood over him while he packed. They hurried him along. They impounded his phone and his holopod, as well as his terminal, the twins sealing them up in a crate and carrying them off. “You’ll have them back once Markoff has taken a look at them,” said Terry. “Except for the phone.” “Can’t I at least call Field and tell him I won’t be in?” “No.” “I need some time to wrap up my affairs—” “No.” “What about my family, they’ll be worried—” “You’re stalling,” said Terry. “None of that other stuff is important. What’s important is doing the job and doing it right. You keep stalling, and I’ll give Mr. Markoff a call and we’ll see how badly he wants you along.” “And then what, you’ll kill me? Like you did Hammond?” Terry winced. “I resent the implication,” he said. “I saw him die, sure, but I didn’t have anything to do with it.” “Then it was Tim and Tom.” “Not them either,” said Terry. He looked at Altman in a way that made the latter realize he was genuinely confused and strangely vulnerable. …
