Go in the kitchen and get yourself a snack if youre hungry. Abby and I were alone in my office watching on my computer. From the reception area I heard two or three people talking back loudly, angrily to the screen they were watching. No way was Cory Tucker guilty of anything. One of the women sounded as if she was about to start crying. Id need a big one, my friend. A very big one. I got your Christmas card. Did you get mine? Yours was really quite clever. Yes, sir. Stone and Dino ran toward the rear door and put their shoulders against it, bruising their shoulders. From outside, there was the sound of a good-sized motorcycle cranking up. Six-two, wiry, beak of a nose, name of Sig. I couldnt judge this mans intentions for saying that. Certainly there were some at the rally who wouldnt have minded seeing it happen. They’d turned out to boo and ridicule her. They’d come to support Dorsey. Others just wanted some excitement, the kind you could talk about to your grandkids.Oh, yes, kids, I was there the night that congresswoman got killed. Two shots. One in the head and one in the chest. Never forget anything like that no matter how old you get. About six times, Quane said. Maybe seven. Tell you what, send me a cop car and park it at the curb. That should accomplish the job while not straining your budget. A whole lot of money in the safe. I heard one of them say there was more than two hundred thousand dollars, some of it in euros. And do you know what? So Im dealing with a genius? Murfin shook his head.It was a rotten year. We hooked up with Muskie and then Humphrey and after the convention we landed a couple of advance spots with Eagleton. The task force responsible for Jesss protection had approved of the schedule wed emailed them and then had responded accordingly by Google mapping every place we planned to go. The appropriate number of local and state police would be dispatched. Extra officers would be needed to control the swollen number of reporters. The three most desirable hotels were completely sold out. Jess was a national celebrity; the best kind, the kind you felt sorry for. Feared for. Hell, he was so shaken up he could barely remember his own name. The cops got there about five minutes later. I didnt want that responsibility any longer than I had to. The Yard of Ale?.