Marks on the fire exit door indicated that it had been wedged shut from the outside to prevent escape that way. The killer seemed to get away from the...scene without anyone seeing him - yet it had been broad daylight. The time picked for the attack was one guaranteed to mean there were few people in the pub.Two of the witnesses had also let slip that the gunman had emptied the loan shark's money out onto the tables before he left."Why didn't he take the money? MacIntosh asked himself.His network. The war is coming to me. Right now I want to make certain I'm on the winning side. Now what do you have that comes close to a sniper's rifle?" Jesse, what are you looking for? I got an ought six that is accurate up to five hundred yards, then the slug drifts out of the dead zone. I can let you have it for one eighty, tax included." Jesse realized his friend was offering him the gun at cost."Damn it Saul, when I was a kid heading for trouble you sold me my first twenty-two. You charged me full. "I guess I will never get used to having a man in my..."Yuki gently rubbed her lover's rear."Yes, I feel the same, but men seem to enjoy it so."They both looked to Vickie's room as they heard their Mistress' harsh command."Come here, both of you!"Yuki grabbed the serving try and she and Laurel hurried into the bedroom. Yuki served Vickie and both slaves stood at the foot of the bed silently as Vickie took her time eating."Get undressed," their mistress ordered.Laurel and Yuki stood naked within. "Another drag on the cigar, another smoke ring. "Nothin' ta worry about. Anyways, back to your present. It's over there in the closet."Bernie glanced that direction, then eyed the Big Man carefully. "It's okay, it don't bite."Bernie walked over slowly, anticipation and a little fear running through his mind in a tangled jumble. When he opened the door he found the last thing he would have expected. "What the...?" He gasped, staring into the closet open mouthed. "Go ahead and turn.