"Of course he had," Bucky agrees. "Meek as Mary's little lamb you were, following them around with your notebook and pen like the perfect secretary."

Jim shakes his head. "Boy, she really had them fooled." Knowing the unwritten rules, he pours Bucky a refill. "So what happened?"

"Well, something put the wind up," Bucky sighs, with a nod of thanks for Jim. "Nothing I could see, so maybe Schneider was suspicious for some other reason. Anyway, no sooner had they taken off in the car, Lavigne and Sharon and his driver, than Schneider was signaling a team of thugs to go after them."