Open Pit Read Online Free

Open Pit
Book: Open Pit Read Online Free
Author: Marguerite Pigeon
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just put down their instruments for a break. Mitch sees the singer go out of her way to make eye contact with Carlos as she walks inside. He’s a dapper man. Great suit.
    â€œPlease, Jefe . I will explain.”
    Twenty minutes later Carlos and Mitch sit across from one another in a tranquil, moody corner of the hotel’s lobby, the drooping frond of a potted palm extending overhead. Manuel Sobero, Mitch’s chief of security, is on his phone nearby, busy doubling his manpower at the mine.
    â€œWhat can be taking them so long?” says Mitch, rechecking the screen of his handheld device for the email he’s been expecting from the Canadian embassy.
    â€œProbably they’re verifying that it isn’t a hoax,” says Carlos. “Let me make my own calls, see what I can find out. We do not always have — receive — the best information through official channels.”
    Carlos is being extra-precise with his English. Mitch wants to tell him not to bother. He does better than ninety-nine percent of the Salvadorans Mitch deals with. And he’s offering concrete help.
    So far, the embassy has only doled out crumbs, saying some kid dropped a ransom note on their doorstep today from a man claiming that he’s got five Canadian hostages and that he wants something from NorthOre. The embassy wouldn’t say what. They were supposed to forward the note ten minutes ago.
    Sobero approaches. “Someone will drive your car back to the apartment, Jefe . I’ve posted men there. You can ride with me.” Sobero eyes Carlos, who’s getting up to make his calls, then adds, “I cannot secure this location. We should go.”
    Mitch has the feeling Sobero doesn’t like Carlos Reyes. The optics must be strange to a former military man like Manuel, Mitch chumming around with a man who was so firmly on the other side of El Salvador’s civil war. It’s strange for Mitch too. But he knows Carlos has undergone a complete transformation since the old days. He travels in powerful circles now. He’s a leftie with a twist — and contacts.
    â€œThanks, Manuel. But I think I’ll stick around while Carlos does his research.” Mitch has worked too hard for anything to go wrong so close to the El Pico launch.
    Carlos sits back down. “Mitch, let me tell you what I —” he stops, turning slightly.
    Mitch understands. He nods towards Sobero, who obliges, withdrawing, giving them privacy. “Manuel is good at what he does, you know.”
    Carlos ignores the remark. “You need rest, Mitch. We can speak tomorrow.”
    â€œRest? I can’t go to bed. No offense, but your country’s not exactly highly organized. Dealing with a kidnapping at home would be bad enough. On your turf, I’m screwed. How do I make this go away?”
    Mitch’s BlackBerry buzzes before Carlos can answer. “Fuck, finally,” says Mitch, pulling up the embassy’s email and forwarding it to Carlos and Sobero. All three are silent as they read the attached, scanned ransom note. Struggling through the Spanish, Mitch finishes last.
    To the Ambassador,
    Today I have detained five tourists from your country. They are unharmed. In exchange for their freedom, I demand the following:
    1. NorthOre must cease operations at its Mil Sueños mine, including all blasting on the mountain called El Pico.
    2. The Argentinean team led by Alejandro Reverte must be brought to the mine to exhume the remains of my family, who were murdered on El Pico before NorthOre took control of the land.
    3. The remains must be given a Christian burial.
    The first demand must be met no later than Monday, April 11 . I will then send instructions for where to search for the remains and I will release one detainee. If the demands are not met, we will execute one of the foreigners and we will continue to take another life every day.
    My family has been on El Pico in silence, without justice,
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