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"Funny that you call it evil"

"I don’t knohy I did That sounds a bit melodramatic, but somehow it just ca, just stared ahead, her thoughts far away fro through her ined it wasn’t pleasant

"If you help et your passport and take you to Mexico"

That brought her back for a moment She said with a quirky s tio to Mexico I’ve been there three ti you can take before going It’s supposed to keep your innards safe fros I used it once when I went down to La Paz on a fishing trip with ot sick and ere on the watersick fro would want to take up residence inside you Too little to show for it"

"You’re talking tocalms me It makes all that bile settle down a bit And just listen to you, talking to the little victiain her trust You’re really very good, the way you use your voice, your tone, your choice of words

"Forget it, Jaot it all together now

"If you’ll notice, Mr Quinlan, I’ve got your gun pointed at your belly Try to squeeze me or hurt me or jerk it away froer"

He felt then the nose of his SIG-sauer pressing against his gut He hadn’t felt it even a second before How the hell had she gotten it out of his shoulder holster? The fact that she’d gotten it without his realizing it scared hier was on it

He said against her hair, "I guess this uess this means you don’t want to talk about Mexico any?"

"I’ve never done it But no, the ti is over"

He said very quietly and slowly, "That gun is perfectly balanced and will respond practically to your thoughts Please be careful, Sally, don’t think any violent thoughts, okay?"

"I’ll try not to, but don’t push me Now, James, just fall over onto your back and don’t even think about kicking out with your feet No, don’t stiffen up like that or I’ll shoot you I’ve got nothing to lose, don’t ever forget that"

"It’s not a good idea, Sally Let’s talk some more"

"FALL ON YOUR BACK!"

"Well, hell" He dropped his arms to his sides as he keeled over backward He could have tried kicking up, but he couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t hurt her badly He lay on his back watching her rise to stand over him, the pistol in her hand She looked very proficient with that daun She never looked away froun before?"

"Oh, yes You needn’t worry that I’ll shoot myself in the foot Now, James, don’t even twitch" She backed away froot his jacket, felt inside the breast pocket and found his wallet "I hope you’ve got enough money," she said

"I went to the cashto rescue you, daave hiun, then threw his jacket over her arm "Dillon will be back soon toabout some halibut The lake doesn’t look polluted, so maybe it won’t poison you Did I ever tell you that my father headed up this citizens’ coainst pollution?

"I even wrote a paper about it, and President Reagan even told ht down to it? No, don’t say it I’ood actually So you see, no ood

"Oh, yeah, Mr Quinlan, you wanted to know all the juicy details about who did what toto knoho did it, who put me there Well, it wasn’t Dr Beadermeyer or my husband It was eance on a dead ht she could, dust kicking up behind her sneakers