"I think she's right James." Lisa added softly from behind Anna.
After a moment of consideration Flint nodded his head in grim acknowledgment that they were likely right about how Tyre would respond. "I've worked with Tyre for many years now and I know places that he frequents from time to time. I knew that he frequented Philadelphia and I've been concerned about him ever since the explosion. If he thinks he's being hunted then he's completely gone to ground and he won't frequent any of his usual places."
"So you're saying it's hopeless! That we can't find him?"
"No I didn't say that! But it is going to be more difficult to find him. I work with other people like Tyre. We frequent places, but we only have one home, which we keep secret above all else. A friend of mine, Galloway, bet that he could find not only the location of my home within three months, but also Tyre's. To my surprise Tyre seemed interested in the bet and Galloway offered way too much incentive in order to entice Tyre to take the bet for his own good. Tyre took the bet and so did I. Tyre found Galloway's secret home in exactly three hours four minutes and forty seven seconds. It took Tyre just over a month to find my home here in Italy. That's how he knew the address that he gave to you. No one but him knows of this place. I searched as hard as I could for Tyre's home with no luck. I did find one clue though that I never let on to around Tyre about."
"What is it?" Anna asked.
"It's a twelve digit number code that was part of a communication that I know was sent from Tyre's home. I tried everything I could to crack that code and trace it back to its origin. I even used an old supercomputer to run computations on the number! And I still got nothing!" Flint exclaimed in remembered exasperation.
Anna's lips curved slightly and she smiled, "Do you still have that code?"
James looked at her askance, "You think you can solve it?"
"Perhaps."
He got up and went to a table and wrote down the number from memory and returning he handed the paper to Anna somewhat skeptically. Anna didn't even look at the number, but instead handed it to Kevin. She reached down for her purse and pulled his iPad out.
"Kevin I need you to find where Tyre is living so we can go and be with him."
He signed something to her with his hands.
"Yes we will stay with him and you two can play more chess games."