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I approached and held out my hand “Let me see it”

Incredibly, the idiot handed it over I exauy wasn’t as duainst carrying an unloaded gun”

He reached into the drawer and found the azine

“Let me see it,” I demanded

He hesitated, then handed it over

Noere cooking

Since so a loose cannon, I decided it was tiazine into the weapon, chaht at hi you can open the door to that room?”

The young man’s eyes ide

“Never had a gun pointed at you before?”

He shook his head

“It’s not really a problem unless—” I cocked the hammer “—I do that”

The click added an exclamation point to my observation

“If I even hiccup this could fire”

He see down? Really Please Put it down”

“Do what I asked”

This ti in his pant pocket and re a key, which he worked into the lock

I un for him to open the door then enter

Inside was a ser than a walk-in closet, with ht the surprise on Coleen’s face and quickly shookfor her to keep quiet She was handcuffed to an exposed pipe that ran fro to floor beside a desk

“Unlock her,” I said

He found another key and opened the cuffs I an to cuff his wrist to the pipe

Coleen watched in disbelief

I motioned for us to step out into the other room

“What are you doing?” she whispered

“Getting you out of here Where’s the coin?”

“That’s what you really want Not to help me”

“Look, I just met Valdez He’s here and not happy He wants his coin”

“I thought you worked for him?”

“I never said that You just assu “Where’s the coin?”

“They took it”

Why couldn’t this be sier, “The lady had a gold coin Where is it?”

“Are you a thief? Is this a robbery?”

I aiht at him “One more time, then that’s it for you Where’s the coin?”

“Okay Okay It’s over in the staff quarters One of our historians wanted to look at it”

“Tell me where”

He did “You’re in big trouble,trouble”

Didn’t I know it The list of felonies was growing by the ood fortune

“The Coast Guard and FBI are on the way here,” he blurted out

That caught my attention

“Talk to me”

“They radioed a little while ago The FBI is flying to get her and should be here anytiet yours then”

Maybe not