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out, displaying a big smile, waiting for a tip. i expect he was eager to help as
long as there
was something in it for him. my gut told me i should keep a watchful eye on this
one. and
my instincts were rarely wrong. "just to let you know, amir, there may be some p
eople following us. we were
approached by a man that told us to stay away from this mountain, or else." "did
you happen to catch
his name?" "yes, he called himself onan." "oh, yes, i am familiar with him. he h
as a reputation for being
a very bad man. you are very fortunate you were able to escape him." "we didn t
have to really
escape him. he came to the bar, gave us his spiel and left. it was probably a go
od thing we
were in a public place." "then you are indeed fortunate. saleem mentioned that y
ou had problems at the airstrip at
mosul too." "we don t really know if that was him again or not. we did have our
suspicions though."
with that ever-present smile on his face he said, "then whoever it was, you are
safe now. do not worry.
once we start up the trail, we will be able to see anyone coming from below." hi
s attempt to make
me feel at ease wasn t working. i couldn t shake the feeling that something wasn
t quite right. amir
s nonchalant attitude seemed to put everyone else at ease. if he wasn t concerne
d, why should we be? of
course, as far as we knew, he hadn t been shot at this morning either. rudy and
frank came over
to me. nodding in the direction of amir and saleem, he whispered, "what do you t
hink they are talking about?"
i said, "saleem is probably just making sure everything is in order. he s a good
man to have with
us. i m glad he could come along." the convesation looked intense. amir walked o
ver to one of the packed
oxen and retrieved a cloth sack, which he brought back and shoved at saleem roug
hly, then walked away. the supplies
obtained by amir had already been distributed to the bearers and oxen prior to o
ur arrival. there was just the
matter of adding our personal items to the packs. "rudy, why don t you check on
the supplies," i said.
"see if they brought what we asked for." "amir said he brought everything you as
ked for," said saleem, walking