She had adopted a perfect cover. Draining my glass I followed her marvelous rotation out of the bar and down a noisome alley. But not so much that he will hang himself. I was putting myself up against the shrewdest man in the business right now, and the thought alone was enough to make me sweat. She must spend her life feeling damned because she was a woman, knowing she was better than the rest of the cruds around,thenproving it to herself and them over and over again. But translated into simple terms my orders were to get the battleship, or it would be my neck. I hadnt voluntarily entered prison in order to win a popularity contest. Rocca couldnt believe it, neither could the president.