I can be persuasive. Then the next morning we called Murfin here and got him up out of bed in Washington. You were wounded, twice. But you look all there. What? I see, Mason said. Eventually, you found out the identity of my client? A what? Slick said. It doesnt tie in to it, at all. Unless theyre trying to muddy the waters. But even that doesnt make much sense. It doesnt speak for you. 48 Who are you, Travis? I mean, who are you really? She got up and went over to the sink and ran the burning end of her cigarette under the tap and dropped it down the disposal. She switched on the disposal and let it run for a while, for much longer than was really needed. Then she turned back. Tapshaw took a sip of her beer and said,I think the Taiwanese are going to invest. Not the full amount I was initially looking for, but at least half. Instead of answering, she said,Theres Wade. She stood close to the end table next to the near end of the couch and carefully placed the Glock on the table. Done, Stone said. You book. I want everybody to know Im lunching with a cop. He hung up and turned to Joan. “Got that?”.