If I buttoned two buttons, the jacket hid the Firestar in front and still left me plenty of room to reach for it, and the Browning. The wound closes. So I stood my ground and tried not to look as tense as I felt, because no matter how calm I sounded, my stomach was in one hard knot. They wailed with their licenses out, as if they'd done this before.
I debated on whether to rise to the bait, or let it pass. I didn't want to be dragged out, but I wanted to make Marks suffer. Ramirez had spent his drive time checking out Nicandro Baco, alias Nicky Baco. He seemed to have had a dandy childhood, or at least he'd turned out well.
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