“And you almost got blown away for your troubles.”
“I have to tell you, I didn’t see that coming. There was nothing in her profile that would have led us to believe that she would have reacted with such violence.”
“Well, profiles can be misleading,” commented Kirk.
“And now we’ve lost her as a potential witness and information source. And it’s really all on me,” Jon added glumly.
Herbert said, “So she saw you in her home, figured out who you were from you calling out. She knew the game was up since she was probably upstairs packing for her trip to Russia, and she panicked.”
“Well, I’m just glad her aim was off.”
“Because of the chair you threw.”
“I’m still lucky, Herbert .”
“Like the hip.”
“Like the hip,” she agreed as Kirk looked at her quizzically. Jon saw this and said, “Long
