I had Margaret sit in one of the chairs in front of my desk. I picked up my paper pad with a pen, and sat in the other chair in front of my desk. I lo...ked at her, and paused my pen over the paper. Margaret was still a little flustered, but finally said, "It would take at least fourteen people to do twenty closings a day. It could take more if we do too many pre-owned homes, since there's more paperwork. I think sixteen would be the correct number if that were the case."I made the notes on my. Sit tight and wait for Estrada to re-surface? But then the ball would be in his court, he'd know where I was but I wouldn't about either him or his people. Go start a hunt of my own in my car? It would be a needle in a haystack, and I was sure he'd be under cover.The whole thing had gone badly wrong, and we weren't even into the end game. Maybe Lee was right, maybe I was—maybe we were, Spook and I—outmatched. For all that Spook was a computer, Estrada was seasoned at this stuff and we weren't.I. She was totally broken by then ... I gave her an injection that knocked her out, cuffed her, locked a ten foot chain around that slender neck, and carried her on my back into these woods. She had awakened while I was lying concealed in my pit. Obviously she had no idea as to why she was chained this way and then left alone, naked, and quite helpless. She tried yanking on the chain, then with her hands behind her back securely cuffed, and a ball gag in her mouth she simply sat down and cried,. I had nine hours to kill before Charlie was to make his call at midnight. So I worked in the office for three hours and then we had a normal meeting. This would be the last meeting until after day after Christmas, unless there was something important that that we had to deal with.The flight details were discussed, including my desire to be up to take Charlie's call at midnight. It would give me some time to finish wrapping the last few Christmas gifts over at the office.The flight had gone as.