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"Gunther, please co hands relaxed at his sides, said, "Yes, Mr Lord?"
"Gunther, please take Mr Santera to one of our guest roo journey He flew in from Germany today, you know Yes, he’s tired and needs to rest Take him upstairs and put him to bed Stay with him, Gunther Remind him that life is soave him once, but patience is a precious commodity Remind him that I’m not always such a patient man Oh yes, he doesn’t need to speak to that creature who is supposedly his bodyguard Keep Mr Santera quiet and apart He needs to rest"
"I didn’t have Emma kidnapped!"
"I’ll see you after you’ve had a nice rest, Louey," Mason Lord said He rose and watched as Gunther wrapped one huge hand around Louey Santera’s upper arm and pulled him toward the study doors
Louey jerked around at the door "If it’s Molly who’s clai I did that, she’s crazy She hates e character is her lover and they wanted the money Yeah, maybe Molly did it"
Gunther quietly closed the study doors, and there was silence
Raet the awesome power people like you wield Every day I deal with people clairannies, but you know they’re lying through their teeth, you know that s, cons, just plain scum, and many times much worse
"And the thing is, of course, that in our justice systeh you know they’re so guilty they’re bulging with it No, we play by rules that seeentleness, in their lack of focus and force We use cootiation, not ed "On the other hand, your perfor, except to terrify one skinny little et to it, but the truth is always there, somewhere Don’t beat the crap out of him yet, sir Your threats are just as potent I’d like a chance to talk to him myself From what I could see, Molly should probably keep her distance She’s quite good with that pistol of hers"
Mason Lord said easily, "Of course I know my threats are potent, Ramsey They wouldn’t be potent, however, if occasionally I didn’t back theot around Talk to Louey, see what you can dig out of the little bastard"
Ramsey nodded, then said to Molly, "I’lass of leot phone calls to make"