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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

On the plane?

Fucking stupid. Every time, sniffing, sniffing inside the aeroplane, not normal. Call attention. Marco was really, really high on cocaine when he fell. I know all this cos I listen, 10 times, to Samuel. They arrived together. If Marco was a normal guy, no problem, but he was really nervous and this call attention to the cops. If he is professional, he come in easy easy easy. Stupid. Totally. Because you are playing with money, millions of dollars, and you are using. It doesn't make any sense. Can you imagine he escaped . . . this is so crazy, just one guy, leg with a limp like that, how can he escape the airport?

- Andre

Despite their fury, it was the rules of the game to try to help a busted horse, especially their friend. Dimitrius drove Marco to Carlino's house. Carlino was fuming, quickly arguing hotly with Marco over why he got busted. The run costs were about $40,000, but the real issue was the huge loss of potential profits. Andre deserted ship, this wasn't his gig in the first place - he wasn't an investor. Carlino, though, had to ensure Marco didn't spill his name if he got caught. He drove him to a simple hotel in tourist hotspot Sanur, telling him to stay put. For the next couple of days Carlino came and went with supplies and news. Typically restless and hyperactive, Marco got bored fast. Several times, after dying his hair red and painting his face with fluoro-coloured zinc cream, he went to the lobby to stretch his legs and watch the communal TV. He realised he was undeniably hot news when he saw his own face up on the TV screen.

It wasn't surprising. He'd vanished right from under the noses of dozens of clearly inept, red-faced police and customs officers during a bomb alert. Security was meant to be watertight, but

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