I took it and strained in the faint light from the back windows. "It says '129/147.'" I looked up. "You think that means . . . ?"
"I think your episode suggests at least two things." She took back the page. "The first one is, this is part of a much larger document."
"With you so far. A hundred and forty-seven pages. And the second?"
"You said she only made half a dozen copies, then overlooked this?" She paused. "Don't you think Akira Mori can count?"
At that moment the snowy night grew silent as a tomb.
"What are you suggesting?" I finally blurted it out. "That she left this on purpose?"
"Maybe. But I don't have the slightest idea why."
"Christ, you have a very mistrusting mind." I slogged on through the snow for a few steps, then turned back. "I'm convinced it was accidental."
"All right, let's just say that's a possibility for now. But what we do know for sure is we'd better get our hands on the rest of this."
"Hey, don't look at me. I'm already in this scam deeper than I ever intended to be. I say we either play their way or cut and run. We start getting too nosy and we could end up on the wrong end of one of those Uzis."