Chapter 76

           

           ChinitaMacriwasontherun.Shehadthestoryofherlife.

           HervideocamerafeltlikeananchorasshelumberedacrossSt.Peter’sSquare,pushingthroughthegatheringcrowd.Everyoneseemedtobemovingintheoppositedirectionthanher…towardthecommotion.Macriwastryingtogetasfarawayaspossible.Themaninthetweedjackethadseenher,andnowshesensedotherswereafterher,menshecouldnotsee,closinginfromallsides.

           Macriwasstillaghastfromtheimagesshehadjustrecorded.Shewonderedifthedeadmanwasreallywhoshefearedhewas.Glick’smysteriousphonecontactsuddenlyseemedalittlelesscrazy.

           AsshehurriedinthedirectionoftheBBCvan,ayoungmanwithadecidedlymilitaristicairemergedfromthecrowdbeforeher.Theireyesmet,andtheybothstopped.Likelightning,heraisedawalkie-talkieandspokeintoit.Thenhemovedtowardher.Macriwheeledanddoubledbackintothecrowd,herheartpounding.

           Asshestumbledthroughthemassofarmsandlegs,sheremovedthespentvideocassettefromhercamera.Cellulosegold,shethought,tuckingthetapeunderherbeltflushtoherbacksideandlettinghercoattailscoverit.Foronceshewasgladshecarriedsomeextraweight.Glick,wherethehellareyou!

           Anothersoldierappearedtoherleft,closingin.Macriknewshehadlittletime.Shebankedintothecrowdagain.Yankingablankcartridgefromhercase,sheslappeditintothecamera.Thensheprayed.

           ShewasthirtyyardsfromtheBBCvanwhenthetwomenmaterializeddirectlyinfrontofher,armsfolded.Shewasgoingnowhere.

           "Film,"onesnapped."Now

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