James turned away from the door, lowering his voice to a whisper. “It won’t matter what happens after that. I won’t be here.” He walked away from the library, nodding politely to the alligator watching him through the transparent repulser fence, little more than a pair of dark yellow eyes just above the surface of the water. He pressed a single button on his phone as he walked, glancing down only long enough to see that the signal had been received.