Tracy shocked me. Until the night she called me Rob, I never had the slightest thought that she would betray me. I thought about it as I drove and hoped neither would be in the office so I could think about the situation before I broke the news to them they'd been caught. I half way hoped to speak with Franklin before I told Tracy and Rob they were history.
Unfortunately, both were at the office when I arrived, but, luckily, both were on the phone so I was able to slip into my office with no fanfare. I looked at the mail I had grabbed on my way in and my heart sank. There was an official envelope from the Nepalese government. I had opened several just like it over the past few years. There was always a letter inside explaining why our outfitter wouldn't be climbing Everest.
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