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But Drake always pulls into the bay when he cos or soht So the bay will open to let the bike in and that will be ourto drive that bot right into his lair, theof the ot quite the setup for a man who came out of nowhere Warehouse, eot a backer or so But Ford checked him out There are no obvious ties and no covert ones either None Ford can see without taking risks that are not warranted for this particular annoyance

At least as far as Ronin is concerned And since Ronin’s the one who has to dig us out if we fk up, he always gets the final say on shit like that

The radio in back crackles and then Ashleigh’s voice coood, buddies"

I look at Ronin He shakes his head "You don’t want to know," he says

"Go ahead, Red Cheeks," Ford replies

"Playtiet busy ETA"--her voice is drowned out by a loudaway--"five Ma a little too much Dukes of Hazzard"

Both ures I’ to do unless sohed up He’s too close to uy with Ronnie back at Anna Ameci’s can

I crack my knuckles and pat my leather jacket until I find the outline of un It fits everywhere In a pocket, in a boot--and shit, , I can probably conceal it in my palm It’s always there, inside left pocket of the leather, ready to go when I am

A motorcycle roars by and the van shakes a little from the wind and the rumble

We watch the bike on the bot cam, then it inches forward into the bay with the bike "We’re in Now all I gotta do is find a place to park it"

"Find that place now, Ford Else we’re fking busted" Ronin says with urgency

I lean over and watch the feed as Ford tries to maneuver the bot under a tool bench The little cam picks up the bike and Ford backs the bot up and does a neat little three-point turn until it’s concealed "One and done," he says "Let’s go I can come back later when the place is locked up to reposition"