"Well?" Mandelbaum said.

"You were right," said a male voice with a German accent. "He was tight with Ethan."

The hair on the back of my neck stood up. I shimmied as far forward on my belly as I could without being seen, but it only got me a view of their legs.

"I don't trust him," the rabbi said. "He's acting cagey, disobeying orders. I warned him to sever that relationship."

Ro. I pressed my palms into the carpet to smother the sparks flying off them. ...