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I returned to the Audi before the light changed My hands trembled just a tad, but I didn’t know if it was because of the cold or because once again I was playing fast and loose hatever luck I had left

I arrived first at Andy’s Garage and found a parking space in the restaurant’s tiny lot Schroeder appeared moments later and was forced to park up the street I was already sitting on a stool at the counter when he entered A pretty young thing with pink and purple hair was pouring coffee when he sat next tofor an antidote to West Nile disease

The waitress poured a generous ether?" she asked, a perky senuinely pleased when Schroeder answered, "More or less"

"Let et for you"

I paid for both coffees, but the waitress let the money rest on the counter when she left

"So, why are you following ?" I asked

"For practice"

"You need it"

"Think so?"

"I made you in what, ten minutes?"

"Try a day and ten minutes"

I didn’t believe him

"I picked you up at the Groveland Tap yesterday," he added

Yes, I did

"The guy in the Park Avenue--he was very ot the drop on you"

"So was I"

I raised the coffeeto my lips with both hands for no other reason than to keep the and studied Schroeder over the rireen than hazel and they seemed tired His hair was in want of a tri by the way he poured it into his coffee ar in his diet

I asked, "Who are you working for?"

"Can’t tell ya"

"C’ators have no e citizen Fewer, in fact, if you want to keep your license"

"That’s true If a judge orders it, I’ll talk my head off You wouldn’t happen to have a subpoena in your pocket, would you? No? I didn’t think so"

"I could get one"

"Sure you could"

"Your honor, this man attacked me on the Minneapolis skyway and then stalked me"

"That wasn’t me"

"You fit the description"

"It wasn’t me"

"Say, ‘If you run I’ll catch you, if you hide I’ll find you’ "

"Is that what he said?"

"Another guy"