The uniformed gentleman at the head of the six strong contingent ran into a small door, splintering the wooden panelling and leaving it hanging off it...'s hinges. "Police. Stay where you are." A voice cried and the men poured into the property.There was a shout from upstairs as two men appeared in the landing, swore and then barricaded themselves into a bedroom. "Open up," two policemen cried and barged into the door. The suspects put a chair on their side of the wooden door and opened the. I somehow knew this was going to require capital that Steve possibly didn't have available. I wondered how much money I still had in debit cards, but I knew I had money stashed in the American Virgins, the British Virgins, Costa Rica, and also a couple other accounts that we could import from. The man who knew what to do was Ben, so I called him."Hey, Ben, I won't ask what's happening and just ask how much cash you think I can import to build a plant for Steve's solar panels?"Ben laughed and. The big gorilla laughed.The guy I got the relaxant from told me the stuff was usually given intravenously, and took less than sixty seconds to work that way. But it could be given orally. It would take twenty minutes to take effect if it was administered orally. Faster if any alcohol had been taken. It had been a little over half an hour since Alice carried the wine in. It figured he had been drinking pretty steadily ever since. It was damned sure he had drunk enough for it to be effective. For. I needed to get one session in down in the cavern working on the new suit, but that could happen any time. Certainly not this morning, I thought.I looked through my email, but there was nothing but junk mail, all caught by the filters. A Google ad for some Independence Day sale reminded me that next weekend was the start of the July Fourth long weekend, since the fourth was a Monday. My parade plans were fast approaching. I'd have to remind Kelli of that. On top of that, I figured a call to the.