I put on the head set and answered. "This better not be another one of your stupid jokes, Mick. I'll have your ass. Just what's so important you got t... have me here?" I can't tell you now, Colonel. You got to see it. You wouldn't believe it if I told you."A Leopard is not nearly as fast as a LAM. It is not designed for speed in the atmosphere. It took them nearly three hours to get here which I thought was excellent time. When the Colonel finally arrived at the LAMs I asked him to be patient a. Bob down at the desk said you were handling the Traci shooting." Welcome and nice to meet you. Yeah, as the new guy, it's my job to catch all the big time criminals. I get to start from the bottom up." Well, starting with a dog shooting is pretty much the bottom. But, I'll bet if you do well, you might move up to cats next."Sanchez laughed and smiled. "If you want, you can come with me. They're testing all the 38 caliber handguns this morning to see if there's a match or something similar. I. We didn't walk more than a couple of blocks before she stopped, reached down in her jeans-pocket and produced a key. Quickly I looked around a saw a box of matches that someone had dropped laying on the ground. I picked it up and prayed that she wouldn't turn around and see it floating in the air.I followed her inside and up a flight of stairs and when she had opened her door I flung the box against the opposite wall were it impacted with a light thump. It was empty! But the sound was enough. .. very close," I said, "and I wasn't giving up anything worthhaving." Well, your disguise is amazing. How on earth do you do it? Plasticsurgery?" Trade secret, I'm afraid. No one else has guessed. Please don't tellanyone." Of course, I won't. No one would believe me, would they? I've no realevidence. Anyway I want to keep playing Bridge with you. We need to findsome decent teammates and start playing national events. Then the nextTrials, then..."I might have to talk her out of that. .