Chapter 12: Threats and Pleas
Despite the effects of the alcohol, Jade had trouble sleeping that night. Over and over the thought repeated in her mind: She knows. She knows I’m a carc.
How long would it take Megan Cafferty to get a message to Earth? Cablans was as far away as one could get, and normally the interlocking communications might take three or four days at best—but Megan Cafferty had connections. By pulling strings, she might be able to do it in two. And the army would listen to her, too. They’d act instantly. They could get some people here in another two days, at the most. And then….
Four days. That was all she could count on, four days of freedom. After that, everything depended on the goodwill of a woman who was still a comparative stranger. CafTech did business with the
