"Eva, that's impossible. They know you were given the protocol. Now where is it?"
He clearly wanted her to say it was somewhere else. But why bother?
"It's in the car. In my purse." She pointed. "Why don't they just go ahead and take it? By the way, it's still encrypted."
She fumbled in her pockets. "Here's . . ."
Then she realized she'd left the key in the car. There it dangled, inside the locked door. Her purse rested on the seat across from the driver's side.
"Get it," Inagawa commanded his lieutenant. Takenaka bowed obediently, then turned and tried the door handle, without success.
"So." He frowned.
Inagawa muttered a curse and brutally slammed the butt of his automatic against the curved window. The sound of splintering glass rent the morning air.
Quickly Novosty stepped forward and reached through to unlock the door. Then he pulled it open and leaned in.
Why is he doing it? she wondered. Easy answer: He's trying to keep control of the situation.