I'm an excellent tour guide." Thanks," I said. "You've already been great. Let's see how I feel in the morning. I may bury that bottle of wine and be ...oo hung over to do any touristing."More laughter, and the hand came out to touch my chest again."Well, we can't have that, can we?" said Nic. "I guess I'll just have to share that bottle with you in the name of being a good host." And not at all in the name of continuing to touch your hot little body," said Jon with another of his brilliant. "Those were the magic words. Agent Webber could not be removed from a nothing case in nowhere Texas, by a nobody sherrif. He had to take action or be left behind."I'll take my own car and when I think the goose chase is over I'll leave as I please. With or without your permission. I'm still in charge here and you're not going to change that. I'll be ready to leave in ten minutes. You can wait outside while I get back into my suit." Agent you may want to dress-down a little. The place were going. ” At my puzzled look he went on, “I’ve something in my pocket, I’ll think about it, you tell me what it is.”It was perhaps the strangest thing I’d experienced to this point, like someone adjusting an old-style broadcast TV antenna. There was a flickering image, suddenly clear. “A folding pocket-knife,”I said, not nearly so certainly as the clarity of that image.Nallen smiled, “pre-xactly.”Aneeka looked surprised, “That fast? I mean, usually couples can do that but it takes time ... months,. You know, this guy could be…’ ‘Go ahead and call her,’ William hung up the phone and shook his head, laughing at his friend’s change of heart. He had forgotten what a competitor John could be and this certainly seemed to be working in Amy’s favor. * * * * * Tracy looked through her closet for a jacket as Amy pulled the black dress over her head. ‘Hey, your phone’s ringing,’ Amy said from under the black fabric. Tracy emerged from the closet with a vintage jacket in her hand, and met her eyes..