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"He called thisto throw some more work our way"

"Really?" I said in surprise

"Yeah, apparently the e all the new security ot sos who do business in high-crime areas He uses Premier for his K and R but isn’t happy with their success rate”

“Well, if Pre, there would be less need for the rescue part of kidnapping and rescue If Hayes’s e, the man needs to focus more on prevention—"

"That's what I told hiuys who are going to Rio next week to negotiate some kind of property deal Contract’s ours We pull this off and there will be ht and he may even kick Premier to the curb"

If that happened, Mike's business would enter a whole new stratosphere Not only would he be rolling in lucrative contracts, he'd be establishing himself as one of the leaders in the professional security business

"I need you on this, buddy," Mike said as he dropped his hand to my shoulder

“Mike, I—"

"I know, you've got a lot going on at home We’ll work around that, I pro with Archer"

"What do you mean?" I asked as a pit opened up in my belly Mike must not have noticed my tone because he continued on excitedly

"Keep him happy If Archer is happy, Hayes is happy and when Hayes is happy…" Mike let his words fall off as he turned away fro to do I'll call you tonight to talk about next steps?" he asked as he was pushing the door to the locker room open

"Yeah," I murmured

“Shit, you wanted to talk to ht?” Mike asked as he paused in the doorway

“No,” I said with a shake of ht eyes He looked ten years younger It’d been a long while since I’d seen hiured it out,” I added