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Even though Ruin had spoken with sincerity, I couldn't trust her completely.
I didn’t know what kind of curveballs she would throw at me, given how worn out her body and mind were. And just like how she had leaked information about the Canadian researchers to us, I had to consider the possibility that she could expose information about us to Jack. She was a smart woman, so she probably knew that playing both sides could increase her chances of survival.
I considered all the possibilities as I waited for the arrival of the fourth transport.
* * *
One sunny summer’s day, I headed to Vladivostok Airport to be in time for the fourth transport’s arrival. As I waited near the runway for the plane to arrive, Jack and a group of Canadian researchers ambled up next to me.
"Why don't we give the soldiers a day's rest after this transport arrives?" he said with his uniquely faint smile.
“A break?”
“These people have been crossing the Pacific for us nonstop, without taking a proper break. I want to treat the soldiers to a good dinner tonight.”
“Okay,” I answered, as though it wasn’t a big deal.
Jack smiled heartily. “And the Canadian survivors will be coming on the fifth transport.”
My eyebrows twitched involuntarily in the face of his audacious and brazen lie, but I’d known all along that this fourth transport would determine if he was telling the truth or not. I turned my head, pretending not to know...
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