‘Hey,’ Nico greeted him in a faint voice.‘How’s the leg?’ Ben asked.‘Hurts like a sonofabitch. Doc says I’ll be okay, though. Guess I have you to thank for that.’‘Yeah, well, I came to say goodbye. I’m leaving.’‘Leaving?’‘I know where she is.’Nico sat up in bed, blinking. ‘Whoa. Say what?’Ben quickly explained what he’d found out from Pepe and his cousin about the Sapaki tribe’s discovery of a white woman in the jungle. ‘You think it’s her?’ Nico asked in amazement. ‘Is she all right?’‘I won’t know anything for sure until I get there,’ Ben replied. ‘Pepe’s getting the boat ready right now. We’re setting off in a few minutes.’‘Where are these Sap—?’‘Sapaki. Deep in the forest, two or three hours upriver. They keep themselves to themselves.’‘You know what that means. Better pray they don’t stick your gringo ass in a cauldron and boil you up for their dinner.’‘I don’t think so,’ Ben said. ‘Seems they’re related to the tribe we came across.
