“And I have no idea where my purse is,” Ilene
said.
Gantry reached into his pocket. “We’ll
probably find your stuff when we search the guys we just rounded
up, but in the meantime…” He opened his own wallet and pulled out a
credit card, which he handed to Michael. “Use this. It’s the least
we can do. We’ll drop you someplace.” He stuck out a hand. “We’ll
be in touch.”
Michael accepted the hand and shook it.
“There’s a lot of sorting out to be done.” Jerry Ryan also shook
his hand and thanked him.
Sheridan came up and said, “I’ve got a car.
I’ll drop you at a hotel.”
They accepted the ride and ended up sitting
together in the back seat, leaning against each other. Once at the
hotel, they checked in and walked around to their room.
“We’re going to have to use the Council’s
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