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about what he was losing. His narrow shoulders sagged, his
disjointed body slumped, and his Adam's apple bobbed like a cork in
water as he swallowed his disappointment. Five years of work gone.
Gone in an
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instant's time. Gone like the light of a candle snuffed. He could
not believe it. He had worked so hard.
He shook his head and sighed. Well, there were other fish in the
ocean, he supposed. And other oceans to fish.
He clumped up the steps, his size-sixteens slapping against the
wooden risers like clown shoes. He was looking around nowЧlooking,
because this was the last chance he would get. He would never see
this house again, this colonial treasure he had come to love so
much, this wonderful, old, Revolutionary American mansion, so
carefully restored, so lovingly refurbished, just for him. Fallen
into ruin on land given over to hunting and snow sports deep in the
Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, not fifty miles off the
toll road linking Utica and Syracuse, it had been all but forgotten
until Horris had rediscovered it. Horris had a sense of the
importance of history and he admired and coveted things
historicalЧespecially when yesterday and today could be tied
together for his personal gain. Skat Mandu had allowed him to
combine the two, making the history of this house and land a nice,
neat package tied up at Horris's feet waiting to be opened.
But now Skat Mandu was history himself.
Horris stopped a second time at the door, seething. All because of
Biggar. He was going to lose it all because of Biggar and his big
mouth. It was inconceivable. The fifty acres that formed the
retreat, the manor house, the guest house, the Assembly Hall, the
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tennis courts, the stables, horses, attendants, cars, private
plane, bank accounts, everything. He wouldn't be able to salvage
any of it. It was all in the foundation's name, the tax-sheltered
Skat Mandu Foundation, and he couldn't get to any of it in time.
The trustees would see to that quick enough once they learned what
had happened. Sure, there was the money hi the Swiss bank accounts,
but that wouldn't make up for the collapse of his empire.
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Other fish in the ocean, he repeated silentlyЧbut why did he have
to go fishing again, for pity's sake?
He kicked at the wicker chair next to the door and sent it flying,
wishing with all his heart that he could do the same to Biggar.
The shouts rose anew from the Assembly, and there was a very clear
and unmistakable cry of "Let's get him!" Horris quit thinking about
what might have been and went quickly inside.
He was barely inside the house when he heard the beating of wings
behind him. He tried to slam the door, but Biggar was too quick. He
streaked through at top speed, wings flapping wildly, a few
feathers falling away as he reached the banister of the stairway