“Leaving so soon?”“Yes, I have a busy day.” He stood and sat on the bed. “But thanks for an incredible night. I’ll call you.” Then he ki...ssed her goodbye. He went to the bathroom and squeezed a dollop of toothpaste out of the tube and brushed his teeth on the way out the door.As he was starting up his van he realized he didn’t have Pam’s phone number. He wasn’t sure if he would be able to find it so he wrote her a short note with his work number and clipped it under the windshield wiper on her. You might want to read that part of your bio before you get me to involved in your life." Okay, but you are here and you are my link to the world. I think that unless you chopped your last employer up and mailed him or her to California, you are in it to stay a while. Well at least as long as I can afford to pay you," I admitted."Sam had some thoughts on that. You want to hear them?" Royce asked."Sure why not, it looks like we are going to have a while," I replied."Your law license is not. Before it took six steps; I reduced it to three. Every step took time.The motorcade that was carrying us to Andrews was waiting in front of the White House. The national security group brought a briefcase with more updates. I was going to read them on the way.I wanted to be on the ground in Vegas around 1100. This was an afternoon and evening fund raiser. I wanted to walk the convention center and look at the displays before it was packed. I was wearing thin body armor, the Secret Service. I turnedthe corner to see another officer pointing his Kalishnikov at thedriver as he stepped out of the vehicle. He immediately saw me andturned the weapon on me, his enjoyment of my image rapidly fading as Iapproached unafraid."Stop, or I will shoot." I continued to walk toward him showing nofear. He raised the weapon and aimed with both hands and pulled thetrigger. In slow motion, I could hear the long thin hammer release andhit the firing pin, discharging the primer of the 7.62mm round.