Diane Joplin sat in tening to t melee of t in agreement. One of tructed o slide open t. Yet, t sounded vaguely like old o be patient. All t rained on tty girl driving tc driver. Diane  sure, but s so  o be a code name, sikit  far from Kabukichose flyovers.

    told  ried o reassure  srying to make a p seemed to be rouble connecting. ting exasperated. urned out to be Englis  the same one she’d heard English people use in America.

    Diane turned tention to t to t sat a gray box  read “Fuel Cells.  looked like ter equipment but Diane  sure. It looked too small. Some of tors ss on t s s be certain because t really move mucon. It  not unpleasant smell of  components and plastic. to ion.

    “or Ryan, please,” Fouler said, giving are. Diane  t .

    “I am afraid Director Ryan is on ther line,” a middle age-sounding female voice said.

    “tell ake my call.”

    “OK, ant but Fouler  tarted coming from tor of t o jump from tarted o prison for a very long time. ere t Engliss yet t fitted topped.

    “Bruce, it’s been a  FBI agents sounded like, especially in the movies.

    “t ted about but seems to be getting no to drao a close. I  he upper hand,” Fouler said.

    “O. t t it on faction of tensive files on terday and after a bit of coaxing t seemed t list. For  kno took orders from Japan. ter aken off t list today alt to find  s are picking  el rig do you  call my special line to keep me up to date on cases t sell neabloids.”

    “I am in tokyo. I o talk to or spoke.

    “Alep a kno of  your disappearance suggested you’d done something wrong.”

    “Sorry, I  and needed to get aand.

    “All to Japan?”

    “I t I o my fatokyo,” Diane said. S it seemed srouble and t liberal of t. tly, generating a  if Diane tried really  ted voice of a scared little girl, .

    “You’ll make a fine FBI agent, young  took our agents several days to trace to Japan and you did it in  second?” ting t it rick to make able. to arrest her.

    “ted in cackles of disappointment.

    “ell, I guess an FBI salary  mean muco you. You are a very brave and very ric you a lot of money. You probably o ed wisely.”

    rying to deduce from your reply  you see t? It’s all one big trap.

    “to respond to t.

    “You’ll need to come back  t’s someto sort out he man called John Ryan said.

    You see? And t Fouler is part of the plan.

    But he saved my life.

    hing.

    “e’ll get o Boston, if t’s o do,” Fouler interjected, giving  strange look again.

    See.

    “Sure. Good luck and ted t his up.”

    “Sure t time I am in ason,” Fouler said, smiling to himself.

    “Absolutely. Goodbye Bruce and thanks.”

    Fouler  as to a driveood a looming sno Diane Joplin recognized from cyberspace pos as Mount Fuji. A sign in Englis stood outside trance tractive-looking Japanese lady and a o Diane as t out of t taying  tte family’s  springs ryokan  Jones retrieved el.

    “You’ll be safe o the man’s hand.

    trangely silent. All sing of  as sole anot tte boy.