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- "An angry man is always a problem," Ethan commented, almost as a threat. Something both men in the car understood were threats.

- "Not a corpse"

- "Rivera is dead, but the watch is still missing," Banks muttered, and then looked back out the window. By now, not even the absence of his tie could keep him from feeling suffocated.

- "You don't seem to be worried," Volkov pondered.

- "The house will not fall, Volkov. It will collapse. And I am prepared for that."

In fact, Ethan was not afraid of the consequences that awaited him. He knew that his secrets had too high a price, and that they would be paid at some point. You could say that Ethan Banks was eagerly awaiting the day when he would be free of the weight on his shoulders; the guilt he carried.

- "I think you gave the watch to Rivera, and then set him up to escape. I think you protected him and his daughter all this time," Volkov guessed, but he could just as easily have been asserting.

- "Why would I do that?"

- "To ensure he co