The Messenger (2012)
“Creighton gets in her head and will not let her sleep.
They could take her now, she thinks, tossing and turning in the immense bed in her hotel room. She’s got her clothes laid out because she is going to get a very early start, prodded by the advent of Mr. Creighton on the line. Maybe they’ll take her in the morning at the front desk, but wouldn’t it be easier just to come up in the wee hours? They might pick the lock, jam a needle into her arm and smother her like they did Mahmoud al-Mabhouh ...in Dubai.
Okay. So why not? What’s stopping them? There’s been no bust, so Creighton has to be Ali. And he’s calling because something is wrong. Whatever it is, it’s too important to leave in a hotel message.
Unable to let it go, she falls asleep, wakes up, rolls over. Not quite like sleep, more like an enforced rest. She gets out of bed, boots up the laptop and checks the drafts of her email— Nothing there, nothing on Facebook, nothing tweeted to her at Klic!, nothing texted to her phone.MoreLess
They could take her now, she thinks, tossing and turning in the immense bed in her hotel room. She’s got her clothes laid out because she is going to get a very early start, prodded by the advent of Mr. Creighton on the line. Maybe they’ll take her in the morning at the front desk, but wouldn’t it be easier just to come up in the wee hours? They might pick the lock, jam a needle into her arm and smother her like they did Mahmoud al-Mabhouh ...in Dubai.
Okay. So why not? What’s stopping them? There’s been no bust, so Creighton has to be Ali. And he’s calling because something is wrong. Whatever it is, it’s too important to leave in a hotel message.
Unable to let it go, she falls asleep, wakes up, rolls over. Not quite like sleep, more like an enforced rest. She gets out of bed, boots up the laptop and checks the drafts of her email— Nothing there, nothing on Facebook, nothing tweeted to her at Klic!, nothing texted to her phone.MoreLess
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