Pike said, "Yanni's building is being watched by the police. You shouldn't go back." Yanni mumbled something in Serbian, and Rina chattered something back. She said, "The police don't care about Yanni. Why would they watch?" "They followed me earlier today. They know I'm trying to find Darko, so now they believe someone in Yanni's complex has information about him. They will look for that person." Rina and Yanni launched into more Serbian, and Yanni didn't look happy. Cole turned away as if he had heard enough foreign-language conversations to last a lifetime. "You want something to eat?" "Not yet. Did you find anything running the check on Darko's condominiums?" "Yeah. They're not his condos-not in his name or any name I've been able to connect to him. This guy is hidden, man-he does not exist, so he's almost certainly here illegally." Cole ticked off the points. "No one named Michael Darko appears in the DMV, the Social Security rolls, or the California state tax rolls. No one by that name has an account with any of the major credit card companies, the public utilities here in Los Angeles County, the telephone company, or any of the major cell service providers. Michael Darko has no criminal record that I've been able to find." Rina said, "In Serbia. In Serbia, he was arrested. This I know." Pike
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