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He got two crisp one-hundred-dollar bills and I got a cell number. I was in Danton because in the past three weeks wed dropped three points in general polling and four in our own internals. We were now only one point ahead at best. The easy excuse was that our far-right opponent Trent Dorsey was reaping the rewards of having a fanatical billionaire uncle spending five times as much on TV attack ads as we were.Id flown in early that morning from Chicago at the request of the congresswomans chief staffer, Abby Malone. And, Mason went on, that accounted for the triangular tear in George Alders left coat sleeve, didnt it, Carmen? Thats where the dog’s teeth caught when he jerked Alder’s hand and that’s when Alder discharged the gun with the barrel pointed up in the air so that the bullet stuck in the ceiling. And then’s when you shot him with a .44 revolver which you were carrying in your handbag, isn’t it, Miss Monterrey? By the time Murfin and I arrived and took seats in the rear there were twenty or twenty-five union members in the room, about three quarters of them men. Freddie Koontz, still in his grey leisure suit, was behind the podium in earnest conversation with a small band of members. There was much vigorous headshaking and nodding and when he wanted to make a point, Freddie Koontz liked to use two fingers to drive it home into his listeners chest. She gazed at him.Youre a West Point grad. Army officer. You defended this country in combat. You have an MBA. I have a high school diploma and look great in a bikini and I have seriousmommy problems. I think you can do a helluva lot better thanme. But we could make it, if we worked at it. No amenities. Audrey swung around to face me after I hung up the phone and said,How much trouble are you in? The problem, Ted said, is that Roger here wont let me wear my black sweater, remember? And hes practically written out a script.’ He gave ‘Roger’ the kind of emphasis normally reserved for something brown the dog left on the floor. naked belly Was she wearing earrings? Because only in that case could the bullet have gone through Alders neck and then out through the open French doors. Alder pitched forward. The girl must have thrown the gun at him as he fell. Apparently it was me, not them. This was the way you treated your daughters these days. She thought for a moment.Red. I thought it was odd. I mean, it was so early. And I think the train came by a few minutes later. Thats my business, not yours, Patton. I dont have to tell you anything. Well, I guess youve got a point, Stone said, but if thered been a witness in a doorway or something youd be doing time for it. Call Alexander Redfield, Hamilton Burger said. Conspiracy, I said. I heard about the new machine, Ed said. Ill want a look at her before you take off...