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The FBI agent sat down in a canvas chair "All clear except for the gardener trirounds are as quiet as a churchyard"

Dauard," said Gaskill "If he hadn't nored him"

"That and the fact our surveillance identified his Walksdale

"A good sign If they have nothing to hide, why the wily tactics?"

"Don't get your hopes up The Zolar warehouse operations may look suspicious, but when the FBI walked in with a search warrant two years ago, we didn't find so much as a stolen ballpoint pen"

"Saents at Internal Revenue into conducting a series of tax audits

Zolar and his family surfaced as pure as the driven snow"

Ragsdale nodded a "thank you" as one of his agents handed hi for us this time around is the element of surprise Our last raid failed after a local cop, as on Zolar's payroll, tipped him off"

"We should be thankful we're not walking into a high security armed fortress"

"Anything from your undercover informant?" asked Gaskill

Ragsdale shook his head "He's beginning to think we've put hihtest hint of unlawful activities"

"No one in or out of the building except bona fide eoods received or shipped in the past four days Do you get the feeling we're waiting for it to snow in Galveston?"

"It seems that way"

Gaskill stared at hi and call off the raid?"

Ragsdale stared back "The Zolars aren't perfect There has to be a flaw in their syste "