We bumped into his car being trashed. One perp was killed and the other two wounded and were taken into custody. There were money and drugs involved t...ough we suspect some human trafficking might have been involved, too. We think it’s over though I caution you to be careful. We are finished with the apartment. If you go in, be careful.”“Detective, I’m sorry about Mark. I’m glad no one else on the force was hurt. I plan to clear my things out quickly. I will hire someone to dispose of anything. . let them. If we don't, they might decide to go ahead and do it on their own. I propose that Robert and either Tom or Henry take the small tent tonight and I'll sleep in the large tent to keep an eye on them. What do you think?" Sounds like a plan. I'll go tell them."That evening, Pete told a more traditional campfire tale of how Enrico Fermi, one of the inventors of the atom bomb, who had supposedly died of radiation poisoning, had instead, neither dead nor alive, started haunting the area. The plan was to see if Tomas would be at the pub. The Brit and I agreed that I would swing by and pick up Tomas. I needed for him to decide, what prep work we needed to do in order to make an addition to my cabin possible.So after I hung up the phone I went to bed. Too bad Banister was such a jerk, I was almost ready to sleep with a Government man. It Banister had been just a little nicer, we might have worked out something.The first morning back I went to Hardee's for a biscuit filled with. All the intrigue in the world wouldn't get Rina into bed. Better forget her. Just forget her.She tried. And tried to forget Karen too. And she ended up drinking far too much. She even had to take several days off work, calling in sick, because she was too hungover to go. And it was one day at the end of this string, when she was lying in bed with a frightful headache and upset stomach, that the doorbell rang, and Rick Perkins was standing there when she opened it.Laura was wearing only her.