I stopped at Sondra’s desk on my way back in, and I could see she was visibly shaken.
“You all right?” I asked.
She didn’t say anything, just nodded her head.
“Okay,” I said. “Do me a favor. Lock the front door.”
Frank was sitting behind his desk when I walked in. “Now, that’s the second time you saved my ass,” he said with a smile.
“I’m just glad I was here,” I answered.
“Do you have a permit to carry that?”
“No,” I said.
“Then why do you carry it?”
“Every time I go somewhere, I think I’ll run into those two brothers.”
“I told you not to worry about them anymore, and by the way, did you take care of the old man?”
“He won’t be coming around here anymore.”
“Are you sure?”
“I said I’d take care of it!” I said a little forcefully.
“Okay then,” Frank said, coming around his desk
