"And the mirror room, what else is there?"
"Just the mirrors, and the gold. It's a band, a gold band wrapping around the room. And there's a black table with a big black stereo and a TV which is also black. He's touching the VCR there, but he doesn't watch the way he does in the dark room. This is the room where he waits." Her eyes drifted, then focused on Japster's face.
"There's nothing else?"
She shook her head. They shook their heads at each other, motionless.
"What does it mean?" I asked.
Neither of them answered for a moment, then Jasper looked at me.
"What do you think, Bella? Do you think it means that the tracker's plans have changed? That he's made a decision that will lead him to the mirror room, and the dark room?"
"Well, yeah, but don't we know where those rooms are?"
"No."
"But we do know that he won't be in the mountains north of Washington, being hunted. He'll elude them." Alice's voice was bleak.
"Should we call?" I asked. They traded a serious look, undecidedly.
And the phone vibrated.
Alice was across the room before I could lift my head to look at it. Dang!
She held the phone to her ear, but didn't speak first.
The phone vibrated.
"Carbomb," she breathed. She didn't seem surprised.

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