e responded with concern。 〃The tanker will be leaving
Mobile two weeks from tomorrow loaded with oil contaminated with PCBS。
Those PCBS are cancer…causing。 The pany that owns the freighter
claims that by the time the oil is pletely burned； any toxic acid
emitted in the smoke will have been neutralized by the seawater。 We
doubt that。〃
Chloe made notes as the woman talked。 〃Where do they plan to do the
burning？〃
The woman knew her facts and offered them up； along with a detailed list
of the equipment Chloe would need。 She also advised Chloe on making
arrangements with the local university for the use of their lab。
Hanging up the phone； Chloe was pleased。 With the use of a lab； she
would be able to spend evenings analyzing the samples she collected。
Four or five days out； and the job would be done。
The project was exciting。 More than that； the escape from Little pton
was just what she needed。 It would give her a head start at putting Ross
out of her mind。
Her pencil moved over the paper； making further notes on the Alabama
project。 She would fly down in three weeks； by which time the tanker
would have reached its proposed burn site and started to work。 Three
weeks would take her into the second week in November。 After a week in
Mobile； Thanksgiving would be at hand。
Thanksgiving。 She felt a soft； distant shudder。 Should she go