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Whatever Erich was up to, he was doing well for himself

They stopped at an elevator, and the onna bail, okay?” His voice still rasped, but it sounded a lot better

“Thanks a lot for the help,” Amos said without sarcaset back and try not to talk tooyou in three days, steroid spray’ll do it”

“Thanks,” the mountain croaked and left

The elevator dinged and opened, and one of his two reuards pointed inside “After you”

“Gracias,” Auards followed, one of the the top button

On the way up, Aun away frouard closest to hiy in ain and the doors slid open

“This way,” one guard said, and pointed down a hallway

“The club level,” Amos replied “Fancy”

The top floor had been redesigned with plush furnishings and a uards opened a door that looked like wood but seeh that it was probably steel core Still fancy, but not at the cost of security

After the luxury of the hallway, the office on the other side of the door was almost utilitarian A metal desk dominated by screens for a variety of network decks and ter to be a , and a big rubber ball instead of an office chair

Erich always had been twitchy sitting still too long

“Ti behind the desk like it was a barricade The two guards moved off to flank the door

“People call me Amos now”

Erich laughed “Guess I knew that, right?”