“That’s for being able to step on it when the pinch comes. Now get this. I’m not leaving him for a minute. I’m staying out here the whole night. There’ll be other calls, and we’ll bring him in to talk. I think you better open the place up. The beer garden. Don’t bring anybody inside. That’s so if his friends do some spying, you’re right on deck and it’s business as usual.”
“All right. And Frank.”
“Yes?”
“Next time I try to act smart, will you hang one on my jaw?”
“What do you mean?”
“We ought to have gone away. Now I know it.”
“Like hell we ought. Not till we get this.”
She gave me a kiss, then. “I guess I like you pretty well, Frank.”
“We’ll get it. Don’t worry.”
“I’m not.”