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Of the three people standing next to me in the small, unfurnished chamber, only one seemed to notice--an officer whose name I couldn’t remember--and then only because he was afraid the video ca would pick up the noise The other two, G K Bonalay and David Tuse the scene that unfolded on the other side of the one-way ation room of the Anoka County Sheriff’s Departhts hidden behindThe opposite as a huge blackboard, and an audio-visual system mounted on a metal stand had been rolled into the corner In the center of the roo table Richard Nye sat silent and alone at the head of the table He knew there were people behind the rectangular mirror--I bet he could feel our eyes upon hi our way, not even when he heard a loud sneeze frolass

"Bless you," G K said auto ahead

"Yes, bless you," said Tuseuys care, ation roos stepped inside He had been popping up throughout this case, yet this was the first tied and flabby, about half a foot shorter and sixty pounds heavier than Nye

Yeah, I can see how a clever beauty like G K could wrap hial pad The noise he al pad on the table, and swiveled to face Nye at the table’s head sounded distant and tinny over the cheap speakers in the room behind the mirror

"Where’s Tuseman? Where’s the county attorney?" Nye asked

Tusehts about peration I have no idea why he allowed it in the first place, except G K kept calling hi her Genny and "kid" I had the impression that they had been close when she worked for his answered

"I want to talk to him," Nye said

"But does he want to talk to you?"

"He’s my attorney"

"Your attorney?"

"Yeah His asked casually

"I was supposed to give up all the bikers and Mexicans I kneho dealt meth in the county," Nye said "When I was in jail I was supposed to ot out of jail I was supposed to lead you all to them I did that I did my part"

"And in return you drew less than a year in county jail instead of five in state prison," Briggs said "What does that have to do with this?"

"We had a deal"

"Deal’s done"

"Is it? He’s gonna want et a bad case of whatchacallit, ao to prison for the rest of your life"