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"He could have called," I said "I’er thrilled through erous cory men don’t always do what’s in their best interests I carefully reviewed his words in my head "My employer wishes to speak with you" I took that to mean that he didn’t wantI decided to keep it uncoive my escort no reason to make any fatal mistakes So, a moment later when a black Park Avenue pulled up, I said, "Is this our ride?"

My escort yanked open the back door

"Inside," he said calentle poke with the gun

"Well, since you asked nicely"

A fewthe Mississippi River into Minneapolis--"Sin City" some of us St Paulites call it, and not always in jest A few minutesinto the parking ralass and steel towers It e were on the public elevator with three other people going up that I realized the kidnapping was all for show and that I had little to fear

"You’re new at this kidnapping thing, aren’t you," I told my escort

A panicked look spread across his face as our elevator otta tell you, though, the trouble with shooting through your pocket? You can’t really be sure where the gun is pointing"

My escort’s face became a shade of red that you don’t often see in nature Yet he didn’t speak Nor did he take his hand out of his pocket Instead, he stood e on the electronic display Once the doors slid shut after our final companion departed the elevator, he turned toward runted and pointed toward the upper corner of the car My escort followed er to a small security camera

"You could end up on Aain and said nothing

"Seriously," I asked hiot into this line of work?"

Now Norainst the wall, nursing his pride The threeforward, waiting to hear what I had to say Muehlenhaus was sitting back in his chair, his arms folded across his chest like he already knew Donovan was pacing, his hands behind his back like he was an eighteenth-century naval co the deck There was a streak of vanity in theand wide

"If the first lady is upset, I am unaware of it," I announced cal the politician uniforrunted loudly and looked at me as if he didn’t believeanyone had told hireed with hi"

I said, "I don’t care"

The pain in his expression was so severe, you’d think I shot hi to?" he deet to know you better"