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"Think about it," she urged. "You might earn forgiveness, in time." "Never." "On the contrary. Little harm has been done, though much was intended. The virus has been recovered." His eyes moved from side to side as he looked from one family member to the next. Reading his mind, Toni said, "You've done a great wrong to them, but they don't yet seem ready to abandon you. They're all around you." He closed his eyes. Toni leaned closer. "You could begin to redeem yourself right now." Stanley opened his mouth to speak, but Miranda stopped him with a raised hand. She spoke instead. "Kit, please," she said. "Do one good thing, after all this rottenness. Do it for yourself, so that you'll know you're not all bad. Tell her what she needs to know." Kit closed his eyelids tight, and tears appeared. At last he said, "Inverburn Flying School." "Thank you," Toni whispered. Chapter 53 10 AM TONI sat in the control tower at the flying school. With her in the little room were Frank Hackett, Kit Oxenford, and a local police detective. In the hangar, parked out of sight, was the military helicopter that had brought them here. It had been close, but they had made it with a minute to spare. Kit clutched the burgundy briefcase. He was pale, his face expressionless. He obeyed instructions like an automaton. They all watched through the big windows. The clouds were breaking up, and the sun shone over the snow-covered airstrip. There was no sign of a helicopter. Toni held Nigel Buchanan's mobile phone, waiting for it to ring. The batteries had run out at some point during the night, but it was the same kind as Hugo's, so she had borrowed his charger, which was now plugged into the wall. "The pilot should have called by now," she said anxiously. Frank said, "He may be a few minutes late."