Chapter 3
The next morning I got up around eight and ordered breakfast, called home for a while, and read the paper. Around ten Mitch dropped off another packet, and I was relieved to see it was much smaller. He let me know that he was running a couple of special errands north of town [...]

Posted on March 5th, 2007 by Zsallia
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She had been as thorough with the hotel arrangements as anything else, and impressive with how she used her money: when I checked in I found out I was in a luxury suite. This told me something about her status: anyone who thinks of a luxury suite at a Hyatt Regency as “adequate” has [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2007 by Zsallia
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Chapter 1
I usually play video games with my wife and son on Thursday nights. Our rule: if the phone rings, we ignore it unless it’s important. Since not much is more important than helping my son blast assorted nasties to bits, the phone rarely was answered. Still, I’m no fool, and when the caller [...]

Posted on January 1st, 2007 by Zsallia
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