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nce at the security monitor as we came in, showed that there were only three break-in attempts today; two of them we

section of town- not too many break-in attempts per day, and only half a dozen murders every couple of days- and the light on this level is almost up to the early-morning brightness of Outside most of the time

magazines I never read, that sort of thing- off the auto-form

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we just played. By the way, would you wan

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m resumed their rel

o get them so mad. And why did

con so that it would be even worse f

's got something on t

exactly how big

faithful son. Oh your apartme

other had just come in the door behind us. I

ged jeans, day-glow colors, a multi-colored wig (which she was presently removing),

, " she began dusting off a nearby chair, "and all these papers. And you

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lease, " the sounds changed to some electro-rock rendition of the Beatles, "That's better. Oh

artist is her unequaled ability to talk incessantly

! I know that you have a busy sched

outh and let loose with a

to say something?" look

ace that said she was glad that there

Now, what mischief has this

him interested in one of my investment schemes. It seems he needed a tax dodge for some not-quite-so-legal cash he had and ha

eyebrow, "You came

en I was working

rything deposited into it above a certain specified amount, say one dollar, gets automatically transferred into a different type of account, only you don't tell the othe

t everything but

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ny idea why they might take it so personally? I

ndred grand and a private yacht in my name.

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o make it over here, though. I think I'll use the yacht to sail aro

work in Tampa Plex. I mean

type of person would get worried over,

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persement division, earns fifty grand a y

s before but, ... how long has he worke

five

vings, " Tiff put in, "what kind of accoun

us

account, not spec

like he was trying to launder some cash for the

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, "Sounds like a

u got another

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n you want to mom, I'll treat you to dinner sometime soon." Guess at which re

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partment while w

her arm around my wa