27 Blood in the Water
“He was not now, and he had never been, the kind of person who could kick through windows and jump off cliffs. Even at the Bureau, he had spent most of his time in front of a desk. He was good at thinking, and once he’d learned how to use the computer, he was also good at finding things and putting them together. It did him no good to wish he was Indiana Jones.
It was not Gregor Demarkian’s finest hour. His feet hit the glass just as they were supposed to, flat on, but it didn’t matter. The glas...s didn’t break. He just bounced off it and landed on the deck on his side. He felt a sharp pain go up the side of his left leg. He had a sudden flash of insight that told him just what Bennis would say if he’d done something elderly, like broken his hip. Then he put his hands flat on the wooden decking and forced himself up. It worked.
Gregor was just thinking that he’d dodged a bullet there, and a big one, when he saw Larry Farmer peering through the curtains that covered the plate glass windows.MoreLess
It was not Gregor Demarkian’s finest hour. His feet hit the glass just as they were supposed to, flat on, but it didn’t matter. The glas...s didn’t break. He just bounced off it and landed on the deck on his side. He felt a sharp pain go up the side of his left leg. He had a sudden flash of insight that told him just what Bennis would say if he’d done something elderly, like broken his hip. Then he put his hands flat on the wooden decking and forced himself up. It worked.
Gregor was just thinking that he’d dodged a bullet there, and a big one, when he saw Larry Farmer peering through the curtains that covered the plate glass windows.MoreLess
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