But Rex was swift, tugging on the wires before the full blast of electric current passed through. The clamps slipped off of Ben’s earlobes. The two ends touched each other, causing an eruption of fireworks. Rex flipped back the switch, ending the show, which left a cloud of smoke. “Wimp,” Streep said. “Why did you do that?” Rex untangled the wires. “Because I think he’s telling the truth.” “I am,” Ben said. “There’s four years of my reporting, right there on the Internet! Why don’t you look me up? Ben Teller. Mostly on NewZonLine.com, but I’ve had stuff in the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Post.” Rex got an iPad from the other room and spent a few minutes on the site. “When you approached me at the pier, I thought you were working for them.” He pushed away the dolly with the car batteries. “Based on what?” “The fact that you were able to find me at North Point, the questions you asked me about Zachariah—you obviously knew a lot about his private life.
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