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told himself. This is totally out of control. As he sat there, a
sharply rectangular, black IBM business car pulled up (IBM cars
only came in blue and black) and parked in front of his office. A
tall, darkly-tanned man with a scarred-up face got out, looked
casually up and down the street, then stepped into Leo's office. A
moment later he came out carrying the box of money. When he bent
over to put the box in his car, the man's business jacket flopped
open to reveal a large ugly IBM business gun in a shoulder
holster. For just a moment his eyes met Leo's, and he gave a cold
stare and then got into the black car and drove away.
Leo broke out in a full sweat. He had to see Dano Sharks
about this. Dano sold him the software, Dano must know how to stop
it. He started his car and headed downtown, driving fast. In ten
minutes he was pulling into the parking lot of Mark Chevy's Pawn
Shop, which is where he usually found the data pirate. He entered
the shop and walked past the counters, heading toward the back,
but a short, fat guy stopped him. "Where are you going?"
"I've got to see Dano," Leo said.
"Dano ain't here no more."
"No?"
Apparently Leo looked panic-stricken, because the fat man's
expression softened and his voice lowered. "Were you a friend of
his?"
"I'm one of his better customers."
The fat man nodded. In still a lower voice he said, "Sharks
was killed yesterday in a car wreck. Just between you and me, I
think he was bumped off." He pulled back some, let his voice rise.
"That's just my opinion, though."
"Bumped off!"
"Not so loud. Yes, bumped off. Brakes just don't fail at the
same time a throttle gets stuck down. It just doesn't happen
without some sort of help, you know what I mean?"
Leo's head was spinning. He turned and rushed out of the pawn
shop and out to his car, just in time to see a thin man bending
down and looking into the window. "Get away from my car!" Leo
shouted.
The man, surprised, took a few steps back with his hands out
to either side. "Hey, I didn't touch it."
"Get away from it!" He reached into his jacket as if he had a
gun, which he didn't.
The thin man backed away more, saying, "Hey, it's cool! It's
cool man. I'm gone, I'm outta the picture . . ."
Leo got into the car and started it up. He jammed down on the



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throttle with the gear still in neutral, seeing if it would stick