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"What do you ured ain, only she did She and Chad nal; probably he was supposed to call her, and when he didn’t she called the cops None of that et to ave hiested that was the dumbest question I had ever heard

"It’s safe, that’s all you need to know," I said "It’s safe Only I can’t collect it until things cool down In the hty-seven dollars into do?"

I patted hiave it tenthe back rows of the ?" Skarda asked

"Looking for a car to steal This one’s hot"

"Why here?"

"Store ers want to save the best spaces for their customers, so they usually have their employees park in the slots furthest from the mall These are the people who’ll be last to leave once the stores close up, so we’ll be long gone by the tio Useful and unobtrusive"

I slowed the Ford Explorer to a stop directly in front of a Jeep Cherokee with a swing-away tire carriersure there was no one nearby who could see us, I reversed a few feet, twisted the steering wheel, and eased forward until I nudged the Cherokee’s bumper

"Why did you do that?" Skarda asked

"To check for a car alarot out of the Explorer and again searched the parking lot Assured that ere quite alone, I walked around the Cherokee, trying all the doors They were locked I cupped ainst the windshield and peered inside After a few h the open

"Don’t we need tools? A screwdriver at least?"

"The pen is htier than the screwdriver," I said

"What does that mean?"