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He brushed past me and moved to his cruiser, slid inside, started it up, and drove off without so lance

A few moments later I reached my own car The brunch had finally broken up David Tuseht he er outside the door and hobnob with his supporters Instead, he moved quickly toward two cars parked in the first row of the parking lot, his staff fast on his heels I threw hie it

"I liked the way you handled the cops"

The voice startled me, and I spun toward it

A man I knew only as Norman stood ten feet away

I immediately drew my hand to the place on ht to carry one The last ti holes into un In return, I put a nine- into his shoulder I was pretty sure he was still nursing a grudge

"Norman," I said

"McKenzie"

"How’s the shoulder?"

"Hmm? Shoulder? It’s fine Why do you ask?"

"No reason"

He earing a black sports jacket over a slate gray polo shirt His hands were hidden behind his back It worriedto put it between us as I had during our last encounter

Norht his hands out slowly to show that they were empty

"Our personal business can wait until another day," he said

My sentiments exactly

"Mr Muehlenhaus would like to see you"

Seven words That’s all it took to convince er than Merodie Davies

Mr Muehlenhaus was sitting alone in the backseat of a black li up full He was so pale that I wondered if he survived on transfusions of milk

Norman held the door open, and I slipped inside

"Nice ride," I said "I didn’t know you were a lihter’s idea," he said "I prefer my old Park Avenue"