It had to come from Mike, somehow or other." You know," John said thoughtfully. "His buddy, Mark Gravengood, knows a lot about computers. Maybe he kno...s somebody that knows something about hacking them." Mark Gravengood?" Heather said. "The man who... ?" Yeah," John said. "Maybe he felt sorry about what happened back there before Christmas." Remind me to never say a bad word about dog mushers again," Heather said. "My God, look at that!"The words were flashing across the screen of the laptop. When she arrived at the building Mike and Wes weren’t there, it was the other two guys. One was tall and muscular and in a different situation Nikki would find him very shaggable, the other was short, with a beer belly and looked generally unclean.‘The parcels are over there’ said Neil the short guy, ‘Oh and Mike said you have to show us that youre not wearing underwear’ Nikki looked at the fat guy and her answer was short…’fuck off’ she said. As. You all know me after the last seven years. You know that I don't say things I don't mean, or just to hear myself talk. You know that when I do speak you can take what I say to the bank. Well, I'm telling you now that humanity's future is out there among the stars. Don't be left behind. Ensure that you have a presence in the future. There is also the immediate benefit of reducing the drain on our dwindling global resources. Imagine reducing your population basis by ten to fifteen percent.. The shotgun was an over and under. I had been reading a police novel on the Internet. It seems about the only way to trace a shotgun killing was by the marks on the shells left by the ejector and the firing pin. I could pocket the used shells from the over and under without hunting for them in the dark as might be necessary with a pump gun.I had to add a couple of hundred bucks to the card in order to pay for all items but they were well worth it.Middle aged clerk at the register: That's a lot.