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Why Bratislava? I don’t know. I really don’t. It’s a city I’ve wanted to go to for a long time, but never got round to. Fortunately, I know Slovakia is in the Schengen Area, and I know it’s a long way east. It’s the farthest I can go without a longer-term plan, but it’s also far enough away that I feel as though I’ll have the space to actually come up with that plan. It’s also of the old Eastern bloc, and I’m fairly sure it would be easier for a man to live outside the law there than in Austria or Switzerland.
I know how terrible that sounds, but I’ve got to face facts. If I’m going to be able to put enough space between me and the police – not to mention me and Lisa and Jess’s killer – I’m going to have to bend the rules a bit. I’m going to need help, and that sort of help is going t
