"
"It was never a fight, and if I have to deal with the cops over that
asshole, you've wasted my conversion. I'll just keep doing what I've been doing
with the same people."
Giving him a flat gaze, Mandi said, "Well, maybe that's for the best, if
your opinion of civil authority is that low."
Nodding, Cade said, "Yeah, okay. Later, Mandi," and started walking toward a
phone kiosk at a nearby gas station.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?"
Pausing, Cade said, "If you want to know that, you can take me there or come
with me."
"What are you going to do with that gun?"
Shoving the gun into his belt, he said, "Same answer," then started walking
again.
He heard her mutter something just before her arms slid under his from
behind and she lifted him into the night sky.
"Now tell me where the hell you were going," she said.
"Okay," said Cade, shifting in her grip for some comfort under his arms.
"Back to the hotel."
"What about the gun?"
"Turn it in. Dump it somewhere. Doesn't matter."
Mandi landed them behind a nearby building and stepped in front of him to
hold out her hand.
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