Just for two weeks
Lurching to his feet, he stood erect, palming the heavy cylinder in his left hand, and leaning shakenly on his crutches with his right.
The monk closed to within a few feet, keeping the gun aimed directly at Rodriguez's head. McEwan watched, feeling helpless as the monk reached out to take the cylinder.
"You will not make it," Rodriguez said. "Only those pure in heart can unlock this stone."
"It's quite heavy," the man on crutches said, his arm wavering now. "If you don't take it any moment from now, I'm afraid I'd drop it!" He swayed perilously.
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