Her victim didn't like this and began to kick at her, as wellas the venom would allow. "You don't need them any more!" said the black-haired girl in a...harsh whisper. She kept on pulling. Just then, Puss did a passable imitationof a hoot owl. The girl turned toward the sound with a startled look on herface. "What the . . . " she started to say, when a bolt from Puss'scrossbow caught her in the belly, just below her navel. A few screams, a lotof wailing and tears, and she was bound and lined up. You don’t even order my dog around. Is that clearly understood?” I kept a smile on my face, but my voice was icy cold.By the look on his face, Special Agent Reading was not impressed. “Congressman Buckman, you don’t understand the magnitude of what needs to be done. You’ll need to cooperate, sir.”“Uh, huh.” I shrugged. “Okay, have it your way. Get your supervisor on the phone, please.”“Excuse me?”“Special Agent Reading, there is an unfortunate counterfeiting problem at this moment in Minot,. The dark haired woman faught to try to figure out where to look while Abby brushed a curled lock of hair behind her ear and leaned forward resting her chin on her hand. Abby’s eyes opened wide and then narrowed in concentration as she looked over my entire body. I had never felt so naked in all my life. Goose bumps stood out on my skin and my knees trembled. Abby was beautiful, not nearly as beautiful as Meredith but she had delicate freckles on her pale skin and a cute little nose above her. "I guess I've been kind of busy." You're still upset," she said.She could read me like a book."Thanks for coming to my graduation," I said, to change the subject."I wouldn't have missed it for anything," she said."We had a party at my house," I said inanely. "A bunch of my relatives were there. They gave me money." Oh!" she said, sitting up straighter. "That reminds me. I have a graduation present for you too."She got up as I said "You don't have to..." and just waved at me as she left the.