"Yes," I replied and then I got into the passenger seat next to him. I usually ride upfront in Uber rides because I get car sick easily in the back.Af...er fastening my seat belt we were off. The guy was older, maybe mid-50s, white or Hispanic, and had a beard and mustache. I could tell he was gay from his voice and mannerisms, and from all the gay paraphernalia in his car, like the rainbow color and even the rainbow flag everywhere. Not to mention the sticker that said "Love is love."We drove a. “I know. This isn’t about winning it, this is about ending it. I’m trying to do you a favor.” And himself. Last thing he wanted was a bunch of dead people. Last thing he wanted was to be the one killing them. Last thing he wanted was the Ripper getting another foothold in his mind.“Ending it? I am powerful, Jack. My sheriff is powerful. But I have used diplomacy to rule this city, not an iron fist.”“You say that like you don’t have the ability to wipe out both Invictus and Carthians.”She. “Word against word, or word against several words? I promise you that I would not mind spending a million or so, in getting you to be Bubba’s very close friend.”I took a piece of paper and wrote an address on it.“Send everything that you have on Miss Lowell to this address. I suggest making it express delivery. And in case you plan to do something against me, the security recording will show that you hit me first.”When I took a hold of Karen’s hand, she followed me out without any resistance.In. I finish my sentence. “You know…somewhere we won’t be distracted.” “I am going for a job interview,” she says. So much to learn about Evie. “At ten. In Darlinghurst.”This is good. “My shop - where I work, is in Darlinghurst,” I tell her. No need at this stage to tell her that I own the shop. “We can meet, maybe seven thirty?”She does not answer straight away then says, “Katie, can we meet somewhere – not your place? Somewhere we can talk, where we won’t, um, be tempted.”I can’t.