A second round hit him in the chest and he flew back against the wall.Katia smiled and looked over at me, "You killed Mongo. His wife will thank you."...I didn't shoot him," I said as I looked for Walter.WalterI knelt outside my door, the BAR clutched firmly in my hand. At my feet was one of the combat shotguns loaded with birdshot. On my hips were the two 44s. Scanning around, I waited for the attack I knew was coming and I spotted it forming to my left. Six of the Cro-Magnons were slipping. "Noah picked up a chair from the bow window and carried it to the truck. Rachel followed with another chair."So long as we have the truck," she said, "maybe I should clean out my closet." How much do you have in there?" She opened the door. "More books. You have books everywhere. We're renting the truck by the hour. I want to concentrate on items that need the truck." He picked up one side of the table. "Give me a hand with this."They eased it down to the street and Noah hoisted it into the. ”“I’ll take a quick nap after my four o’clock session,” I said.“And come to bed early tonight,” Liz added.“If I can,” I said. “We’ve got a lot of things to get moving and we have to have our part in place before the others can act. We’re off the front page for a couple of days at least.”“And we can stay off the front page,” Liz said.“Ideally, we stay off of it until you announce your signing with RaveLand,” I said. “Right now, Lenny O. is taking a beating from his label. They’ve cut his. How she’d needle him a little, then slip in an innuendo. By the time they arrived back at her apartment, he had no doubts of a future with her. Whichever future she’d allow him to have.“Come in.” She laid her hand over his on the gear stick. “Aisha’s at her boyfriend’s for the night. We’ll have the apartment to ourselves.” The skin of his hand seemed to breathe in the heat of her body. Flicking the headlights on low and the car into park, he threaded his fingers through hers. She folded.