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He didn’t think anyone had followed their cab, hopefully the blast kept them out long enough for the trail to run cold. The cab stopped in front of Jewels’ building O’Neil stepped out first scanning the road to make sure everything was clear, while Jewels swiped her hand across the credit machine. Ralph greeted them [...]

The Pod-jackers had really worked him over, he was lucky to have gotten out of it with his hands intact and he knew it. Still that didn’t make his ribs hurt any less or things to add up. Their usual mo. was to attack someone with money or an identity that was worth something not [...]

The painter’s bucket in the shower was beginning to overflow. The trick with pay as you go water was to try to save as much as you could when you had the extra money, so when money was tight you wouldn’t experience as drought. Every person was allotted ten minutes of bathing water a day, after that you could pay for more if you needed it. He always seemed to need it.