8H. K. O'HARAfor something that wanted to be found, but that seemed to be enough—just to reach. So, I stopped and decided to listen to music instead—butafter I turned the music on, my mind just kept going with its own list.And I’m not entirely sure, but I think my last thoughts were: I love tolove, and I love being loved just as I am.”Binnie looked into her eyes. “The very last thoughts, my dear, arethe ones with all the power. They come from your soul, not from yourmind. And I can’t imagine your beautiful soul saying anything otherthan what it said.”She smiled. Her eyes said something to his.Binnie’s heart danced as he hopped out of the car and loaded Temmaand K’s luggage in the back while all the men-in-black divided up andput their luggage into the other waiting cars. The twenty who hadwalked behind them through the airport gave a quick bow and drove off.The four who had walked ahead of them remained . . . Binnie turned tothem. “Enjoy yourselves, and don’t worry about K,” he said. “She’ll befine. The beach house is the safest place in the world for her. I knowyou’ve got a lot to do at Four Pillars, so take all the time you need—I’llcall you if anything comes up.”“We’ll take care of everything on our list quickly,” said one of themen. “We’ll be on our way to the beach house as soon as we’re done—shouldn’t take more than a few days.” Then, leaning through the openwindow of Binnie’s car, he took K’s hand. “If you need me,” he whispered, “I’ll be listening, so just send out the signal.”Halfway to the beach house by the Yellow Sea, Binnie slowed downand looked at K. “I can’t believe I would do such a thing,” he said, “butI left a stack of time-sensitive documents in my office and I’ve got togo back and get them. It will only take me a minute to run in and gatherup what I need, but my office is in the center of Seoul and going backwill add quite a bit of time to our drive—maybe two or three hours,depending on traffic. Can you handle that?”K laughed. “You already know the answer to that question, Binnie.I can handle anything—well, almost anything. There are a few things
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