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I stood stunned for a solid minute He was not just on some mission to set me up--as he drove past, I saw his jacket in the backseat It had a badge clipped to the pocket He was a cop

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I don’t knohat I’d do without coffee

Probably 15 to 20 in the state pen

--BUMPER STICKER

Son of a bitch

Were the cops setting uy, as he was clearly part of whatever was going on--but he was gone as well I sla uy could so easily have taken it Thank God for sain, Arteht ahead, pretty as she pleased, as though she’d really wanted the backseat the whole tiirl," I said as I climbed in "Mr Andrulis, I don’t usually yell and sla surveilled in what clearly is some kind of setup makes me cranky"

He didn’t answer and I was really starting to feel bad for the guy He had to be chilly

I started up Misery, let her idle a solid five seconds--which was four seconds longer than usual--then backed out of the parking lot in search of a man with an inferiority coency Garrett Swopes most often worked out of, the receptionist told itive I asked the pretty girl, as far too young to be working at a bond enforceency, where that would be

"Oh, I can’t tell you that, Ms Davidson," she said, popping her gum "My uncle would kill me He told ave you any information on any of our cases"

"Wow That’s a little harsh Your uncle, huh?"

"Yeah He hired iving her the once-over "I rasp"Do I what?"

"Work out"

"Oh," she chuckled "Yeah, they warned et anything out ofher nails, and I nodded "I think you’ll work out just fine, honey Swopes wouldn’t happen to be at an apartment complex on the corner of Girard and Lead, would he?"