"Like I said, milady; next question."
Bain said nothing until Cade had handed her the coffee and sat back down.
She sipped for a moment, then set the coffee down on the table and regarded Cade
quietly for a time.
"Okay, then," she said, "The next question is, how many rounds did you
fire?"
"Four. Avery fired twice."
"You're sure about that?"
"I'm sure. I hit him twice up here and twice on the sidewalk when he aimed
up at us. Avery fired at him on the sidewalk."
She nodded and said, "If any rounds went astray, we'll have to account for
them. May I see your weapon?"
Cade unholstered his Glock, dropped the clip and handed it to her, then
turned the gun slightly to the left and jacked the slide to eject the round in
the chamber, which he caught with his left hand and set upright on the table.
Leaving the Glock's slide open, he set the gun on the table, as well, and
picked up his coffee. Bain had watched the casual emptying of the gun with one
eyebrow raised, then she gave Cade a wry look.
"I'll bet that trick impresses the hell out of some women."
Shrugging, Cade said, "The only women who've ever seen me do that could
probably do it, too, LT, so I kind of doubt it. Are you through counting my
bullets?"
Nodding, she handed him the magazine and asked, "Did you have one in the
chamber as well as a full magazine?"
As he thumbed the loose round into the top of the magazine, Cade said, "Yup.
One up the spout."
He put the magazine back in the Glock and thumbed the slide release to close
it, then put the gun back in its holster.
Bain said, "Thank you," and sipped her coffee again before sighingly saying,
"I'm sorry, Mr. Cade, but you and your people were dropped on us from out of the
blue. I simply don't know you well enough to just take your word for some
things."
Shrugging again, Cade said, "No problem. Someone once said, 'Trust, but
verify'. It's a good policy. Now answer a question for me, please."
"If I can."
"Who was the woman who flew off with the car?"
"I can't tell you that." Heading off his next question, she quickly added,
"I don't know who she is. Or was, I'm afraid. She was apparently dropped on us,
too."
"Apparently?"
With a curt nod, she said, "I hate to admit it, but she was a complete
surprise to the Atlanta PD."
Cade met her gaze for a moment, decided that if she wasn't telling him the
truth, it wasn't worth pushing, and said, "I've seen tabloid reports of two
superwomen and didn't really believe in either one of them until today. One is
supposed to hang out in or around California and the other has been reported
mostly around Las Vegas."
"That's what I've heard, too. I made a request for info as soon as I heard
what happened. Before I got out of the comm center, word had come down that I
was not to ask again."
Avery came to the table and said, "Lieutenant Bain, we're going to need you
in a few minutes."
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