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tightly than I intended.  “Sorry,” I whisper as I let
go of her arm , and by some miracle she doesn’t run
from me or call for help .  “My girlfriend was taken by someone in a truck like that two days ago.  The guy’s name is Tony Russo.  If you know anything that could help me find
her…”
    The waitress looks around uneasily, as
if she’s watching her back for who might be listening to this conversation. 
The diner is mostly empty, the lunchtime rush having already passed.
    “I know of Mr. Russo ,” she says quietly.   “ He stops by here occasionally with his guys when he’s conducting
business in the building down the street.”
    My heart just about leaps out of my
chest at her admission.  I don’t dare say a word, allowing her all the space
she needs to keep talking to me.
    “I sometimes listen to their
conversations,” she continues.   “ His men sure know how to complain.  They always talk about the
noise of the trains.”  She looks around her again, a new wave of fright evident
in her eyes.  “That’s all I can tell you.  I’m sorry.”
    I nod at her vigorously , taking her hands, money and all, between mine.  “That’s plenty. 
Thank you.”
    She barely manages a smile before turning
away from me.  When I sit back down at the table , I lean forward to Robert excitedly .  “Train
tracks.  We’re looking for a place very close to a train route.”
    “Well done,” Robert praises as he turns
the laptop to face him.
    I devour the rest of my sandwich, using
it as a distraction to keep me from swiping the laptop to do my own research about this new piece of information.  Remaining
idle in this diner for a moment longer is going to kill me.
    “I’ve narrowed it down to one area with
buildings near the train tracks on the outskirts of town.”
    Before Robert even finishes speaking , I’m already to standing
beside the table.  “I’m ready.”
    He hands me his keys before closing the
laptop and collecting it under his arm.  “You drive.  I’ll navigate.”
    With a quick nod , I lead the way out of the diner and back to the car.
    It takes less than ten minutes to get to
the more industrial area of town.  I can see the train tracks far in the
distance running parallel to the line of large brick buildings.  The tracks quickly come closer to the buildings the further we drive.
    When I see someone standing outside one
of the buildings in the distance, I slam on the brakes.
    Robert looks at me questioningly. 
“What is it?”
    I nod ahead.  “We can’t just invite
ourselves in.”  My options play out quickly in my mind.  I turn to Robert. 
“Can you trust me to do this part on my own?  I can sneak in, but it’ll be too
difficult to have you with me.  No offense.”
    An annoyed look crosses Robert’s face. 
“I’ve been a cop for over twenty years.  I’m more than capable of coming with
you.”
    I hate the thought of bringing Robert
with me and something bad happening to him, but there seems to be no room for
negotiation in his eyes.   “Okay.  We’ll go together.”
    I pull the car off the road down a parking
lot a few buildings away from our destination.  We quickly get out of the
vehicle and arm up from the trunk.  As we sneak our
way from building to building , I feel myself starting
to get used to this little partnership I have going on with Robert.
    We catch sight of someone guarding the back door of the target building and
immediately stop, taking cover behind a dumpster.  It’s too open of a
space to attempt to take him down to enter through the back of the building,
and we can’t risk blowing our element of surprise by shooting our way in.  The
front entrance is still our best shot, but it’s about a twenty-foot
run in full view of th is guard to get around the
corner where we need to go .
    “We just need him to look the other
way,” I say to myself, looking all around for an answer to our problem.  A
decent-sized rock next to my foot