No guns, he'd said, until they got employment, and maybe not even then, if they got places high enough in a cartel. Ruben didn't want to think about ...that, but there was no denying that Joachin didn't feel comfortable in Bogotá without one. I hate the things, and I'd feel better with one. The bigger, the better.The busses wouldn't run to Ciudad Kennedy after 10 PM, though they might convince a taxi to take them back and drop them off a few streets north of the house on Avenida de las Américas.. ? Enraged,the Colonel took his gun from its holster and shot it. The mayor?s shirt becamedrenched with blood and after a few moments he was dead. The girl in the nextbedroom screamed. Fahim and his men entered the girl?s bedroom. They looked atthe scared women in the corner of the room, covering her face with a sheet. ?What?syour name, infidel?? The colonel inquired. The womandidn?t answer. He took away her sheet. She automatically used her hands tocover her face. Two privates took her arms. "Yes, of course. How much of it do you have exactly?"I was a little sensitive to let this information out. "Let me show you, if you don't mind." Certainly," she said giving me back the coin I loaned her.I went to the safe deposit desk and Martha took over leading me into the vault. We turned our keys and I carried the box out hearing a rattle inside. I opened it and besides the lock on the box being secure, there was a single loose coin in the deposit box. I know I closed it the other day. She. Coral surprised by the collision backed away and by the bellhop's response.Effie leapt to her defence. "You can't speak to her like that," she said loudly.The receptionist, attracted by the fuss came scurrying across. "Whatever is the matter?" she asked ignoring the bell hop. "Is there a problem Miss?" It's all right, nothing at all," Coral said."It's not all right," Effie countered. "My friend here accidentally collided with your bell hop and he was very rude." Unbelievable!" The receptionist.