condensed master

Will Bonner
thing seemed obvious to him. Waiting for a break in the conversation Will asked.
"If everything is so well organized why do you need me? Surely your contact could
copy the documents himself and just pass them on to you, once you were inside."
Gerald shrugged his shoulders and Will carried on further. "It's just not good
enough Gerald. This is your contact's idea isn't it?"
"Yes."
"I thought so. He's doing absolutely nothing that would put him in harm's way,
but you and I are exposing ourselves to danger whilst we are inside, and also to
being identified afterwards. We are putting our heads in the lion's mouth while your
contact runs and hides, with little or no responsibility." Gerald remained silent, the
look on his face revealing his thoughts. "He gets paid by the organization and as
far as I'm concerned he'll have to earn his money!"
Gerald was beginning to panic again. "What am I going to do Will?"
At that point in time Will began to see the real possibility of getting himself into
severe trouble, over which he had virtually no control. Looking at Gerald he once
again experienced sympathy for his plight, tending to upset any good judgement
in considering where to go from here.
"Let's spend some time going over the whole thing," Will suggested, but as time
went by and the pro's and con's were discussed the outcome seemed even more
precarious. It was now getting late in the day and Will needed to get back to the
ship to show some sort of normality in his comings and goings.
"Can you meet me tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Where then?"
"I'll park opposite the dock gate around 10 a.m. but not in the white coupe,
it's too conspicuous. Instead, I'll borrow Aki's wagon."
Driving back to the Pearl City area little conversation was exchanged between
the two men as they had exhausted their thoughts, so tomorrow would hopefully
bring fresh ideas.
Will arose early and during breakfast concentrated his mind on the forthcoming
meeting with Gerald, now only three hours away. He had to get as much control
over whatever circumstances could arise for his own well-being, knowing that he
could not rely on total support from Gerald should anything go wrong.
The options were limited. Will felt very uneasy about going through the main
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