In the Company of Liars

ONE DAY EARLIER
THURSDAY, MARCH 25

McCoy reads over the message sent yesterday, Wednesday the twenty-fourth, by Ram Haroon to the web addresspakistudent@interserver.com. She sees now what she always suspected, that this operation will not be ending as soon as she would like:

The work is nearing completion. It should be ready within six weeks. However, transfer cannot be made until the legal proceeding is completed, or the matter is terminated in other ways. Target of mid-May, at the latest.

She feels a chill down her spine. Haroon is referring to Allison’s trial, the “legal proceeding,” which has a trial date in late April. He is saying that they will not be confident enough to make their move until they are sure that Allison Pagone has said nothing, or knows nothing.

Or until the matter is “terminated in other ways,” meaning, she assumes, the termination of Allison Pagone.