As if all of that wasn't bad enough, now my car is having problems too. Ihad ended up working overtime until 11:00 at night, before I finally gotto le...ve work. Yet on the drive home my car made a loud sputtering soundand stopped running right in the middle of the road. My cellphone had runout of power early in the day and I was miles outside city limits, so Ihad no idea what to do."Well, at least it's a Friday..." I muttered, trying hard to remainoptimistic despite all my bad luck. But while. She was gagged and cuffed and I told her to listen carefully. Mr K dragged both Mr & Mrs B into the room, both of them still hysterical. He proceeded: look here missy we’ve been trying to get these two dead beat parents of yours to pay a long standing debt to those who have hired me to try to get what is due me. Despite all of our attempts, violent and otherwise they have failed so now were here to exact some of this debt out of your young ass. Have anything to say before we begin. Mrs B was. Especially with the extra inch on this SIG’s barrel, because that moves my effective range out to almost a hundred yards, and no one expects a pistol to have that kind of range and still be accurate.”“Damn!” exclaimed Joel, “where in hell did that come from. I could have sworn there was no place to hide that weapon.”Jason grinned, and replied, “Sorry, trade secret.”While Joel and Jason were traveling to Capital Hill Dan was meeting with Hawk and his wives in an early morning conference. The. Bear stood off to the side.Ventura, the pride of Texarkana, had been asleep. Probably exhausted from a rigorous résumé rehab. He was yawning, an unlit cigarette between thin lips. He hadn’t shaved for a couple of days and hadn’t bathed for longer than that.Wife-beater, saggy boxer shorts. Barefoot, grimy toenails. Be still my beating heart.He grinned when he saw me; frowned when Bear registered. Understandable, my best friend is quite a sight. Six feet, eight inches. Carries around 315 pounds,.