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Putting in my contacts I blinked, and felt the first slide into place Find me clean clothes
What do I look like, your I blinked hts back on Harsh white light flooded the roo my blue-eyed reflection before I turned to the i o see the senator in o see a senator in his undies Or your undies, for that matter
Hunter S Thompson was too stoned to knohat undies were The bathroo the clothes Shaun pitched in ear Ill be there in a second
Next ti up And those contacts make you look like an alien!
I know, I said, and shut the bathroom door
Ten minutes later, Shaun and I were back in the elevator I was running the final diagnostic checks onover the screen of his PDA in a series of increasingly complex patterns This wasnt a field op, and odds were that Senator Ry we recorded, but that didntthe hotel without our cao would have been like leaving naked, and neither of us was up for that
Son a note to have Buffy take a look at things, I stepped out into the lobby with Shaun half a beat behind
Thank you for choosing the Parrish Weston Suites as your home away from home, the hotel chirped as we approached the air lock We know you have rateful for your business Please place your right hand
Thats enough, I said, slaGetting out of the hotel requires nothing but a clean blood test They dont care if you want to go intoas you have the common courtesy to do it outside, preferably after youve paid your bills
Shaun and I checked clean and the outer doors slid open, allowing us to exit while the automated voice of the hotel chirped pleasantries to an eht outside; a perfect Wisconsin day There was only one car idling in the passenger pickup lane
Think thats us? asked Shaun
That, or theres a pro-wrestling convention in town, I said We started toward it
When the senator sends a car, he doesnt screw around Our intended transport was a solid-looking black SUV The ere tinted, and I would have placed bets on their being bulletproof Possessing a personal fortune has its perks Shaun nudged unners s on the back windshield