You’re looking at Launce.” They got the idea and Crab began to move. You could see the anticipation in the quivering harness that represented the ...og. I was pretty sure most people had focused on that point, finally. Then the dog moved and ran toward Launce, leaping into the air to catch the invisible ball. I saw exactly what I wanted to see as they all tracked the dog, even lifting their eyes when he jumped. He came back down and Traci took the ball from his mouth and wiped it off on her. Dag punched numbers in on his television remote control and a wall beside his desk opened, revealing a room bigger than my reception area/office. The room is temperature controlled with a dozen high-power servers, hard drives, laptops, and a safe. It might seem like overkill to have a safe inside the vault, but with a million dollars onsite, you get a little protective. No, it wasn’t cash. I had one hundred $10,000 cash cards, a retainer from Simon after I pulled him and Angel out of Croatia.. .. ?" I'd like to go for the and if you can manage it." Tell you what, Helen, meet me at the Hotel Quai Voltaire. We'll have the night." Great! You know I love that place. Get a front room so we can watch the Bateaux Mouches. What time?" When will you arrive?" Helen gave him an estimate. "I'll be there by then. See you."She hung up and, pulling her carry-on, walked to the corner of Cromwell Road to hail a cab to Victoria Station. At Victoria, she stopped in a Boot's and bought a box of. Clara was delighted. She could fuck around all she wanted. And she did.”“Was that difficult for you growing up?”“No. Luckily I was big and scrappy enough that guys wound up with black eyes and fat lips for teasing me.”“You never married?”“Nope. Just between you and me, all the gals I fucked in high school never really did it for me. I got bigger more intense kicks from jerking off. So, today, my right hand and I are a two-some,” he laughed.I chuckled, “Good on you, to each his own.”We went.