The judge would then decide if witnesses were needed, and they would be called; neither the prosecution nor the defence had any say in this. The judge...might also ask for clarification of anything he felt to be unclear. Finally the judge would give a ruling, and that would be subject to confirmation by the Emir."Confirmation by the Emir?" Sharon was surprised, "Is he not the judge?" No. He has stood down, disqualified himself, as he has a close personal knowledge of you, Mr. Ambassador."The. "I think you would agree your best chance is with us," he said."I think you would agree, that if I ran under either of those, I could take enough votes from you to guarantee we both lose. Would I do it, you bet your ass I would," I said. "I'm not a politician, I'm just an evil bitch at heart. So I will fuck you up and laugh about it, because it ain't personal is it?" I asked."Okay I get it. I will meet with some people and let you know something by the weekend, if we want to wrap this up," The. At least we could, now that we had more people on our side.As usual, I picked a lock and we entered the building. Hot Damn! We ran into a hornets' nest! There were eight men in the warehouse, all armed with AK-47s. There must have been a silent alarm on the door, because they were waiting for us.They waited until all four of us were inside and the door was closed before they started shooting. Thank God that we were wearing our body armor! All of us were hit in the chest, and all of us were. " You can't eat that stuff Mike. What about a piece of fruit?" Fruit? At midnight? You can't be serious." Oh, I can." And she moved to the fridge, intending to find something more healthy for me to eat. I quickly closed the door, and stood in the way. The light level dropped even more. "Mark, come on, let me in there." Not a hope. I don't want anything now. I've changed my mind."And still with a smile on her face: "Well then, you have to pay a toll for waking me." What sort of toll?" A lip kind.