She had on shorts and a sleeveless blouse and sandals. The temperature was still around eighty and humid. She looked at his clothes and said,Did you just get home? We wont have any more discussions about what a sweet guy Sig is, Stone said. Carol died trying to protect you from him. You didnt think that, well, maybe these two guys with the guns might get just a little offended? You know, a little pissed off at you and maybe even get it into their heads that they oughta plunk a few shots your way? Well, maybe now we have our answer: Itrepresents a criminal enterprise. She eyed Devine over her coffee cup. So, what will you do now? I had the recorder all along. I called Showalter and told him I wanted a hundred thousand for it. Its my turn to have some money in this life. He said all right. But when I showed up for the hand-off at the boat dock somebody fired at me. Showalter. So I hid the recorder and Im hiding myself. Im gonna give him one more chance to pay up. I got a call into him now. If I turn up dead you let Cindy know about this letter and the stick match. She’ll know where the recorder is.Grimes Lying in front of the swaybacked couch was Frank Grimes. Somebody using something had struck him in the forehead. He now lay face-up with a massive purple wound above his left eye. Theres a sticker on your bumper. A tale nicely told. I was using up my allotment faster than usual. Ask him. I hear that most successful marriages do, opined Devine, glancing at Fred before looking back at Ellen. Ruth must have seen how I felt because she said,What can I get you? Dude, that is not good. That is Russia. This is not very little, Jenna said, looking around. I guess I was thinking of a plane with one engine. Good idea about Dino, Stone said. Shoot. Oh, Vanessas here, too. Can you trust her? Jah, this is Gunderson, the man said. Id paid him way too little. If Showalter ever found out hed helped me to this extent, Bromfield would be out of a job. Or given what Showalter had probably done to Karen tonight, he could lose a lot more. Aw, shit, Harvey..