Zero Effect Page #5

I get on the treadmill next to his and I

get my machine going at his exact pace.

I ask him what level he's running at.

I guess 8. He says level 7.

I'm running at the same speed he is.

Level 5.

He'd sooner lie to

a complete stranger...

... than to admit to being

As soon as I talk to him,

he runs the other way.

It's conditioning, though.

A reflex.

He obviously didn't think to connect me

to the blackmail business at all.

If he'd suspected me...

... he would have remembered my name,

which he didn't.

Also, like most lvy League graduates,

he drops his alma mater with...

...almost no prompting whatsoever.

I say Celtics, he says Cambridge.

Oh yeah, the gentleman prefers redheads.

He lusts after his red-haired masseuse.

You can tell by the way

he takes his massage.

It's more than a little eroticized.

He does it every day at the same time

with the same woman.

I found an e-mail message

from Clearburg.

Kind of cryptic. Note said...

..."Thorough check finds no boxer

with the name K. V. "

K.V. Are obviously initials. We have to

figure out what they stand for.

Lets see, what else?

That's the important stuff.

It's Sergio.

Sergio Knight.

Right. Whatever.

Can I ask you a question?

What's that?

Why are we talking on the phone?

I told you. We can't be too careful.

Two guys...

...in an airport...

...talking?

It's a little fishy.

Why are we even in an airport?

Why don't we just leave?

Okay, I see the confusion.

I need more research.

I need you to go back to L.A.

And get in the computer.

Then break into Clearburg's

computer and pull anything pertinent.

I've written elaborate directions.

They're in the phone book.

In front of you. Turn to Rentals.

I'll meet you at the motel tonight

when you get back.

Instead of calling me,

you had me fly up here to tell me...

...to go back to the computer

and then fly back again tonight?

It wasn't an emergency. There was no

reason to risk the long-distance lines.

They listen, you know.

Are you still there?

Here we go.

"Transaction instructions

for this Monday night.

$ 100,000 cash...

... transported in a discreet

black leather bag...

... that you shall provide for yourself.

Wear your business suit

and your gray overcoat.

Carry the enclosed pager set to the...

... inaudible vibrating response.

Go about your day per usual.

Go to the gym, then the office.

Leave the office at 5 p.m.

Your course is as follows:

Number 1:

At 5:
30 p.m., be at the intersection

of Powell and Green with the cash.

2:
When the clock

in your car reads 5:34...

... begin driving northbound up Powell.

Number 3:
Pager will go off,

displaying 6 digits.

When your vehicle's odometer reads...

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