I need the best staff I can get.

"Whatever the reason you and I have gotten off on the wrong foot, I'm going to need the best people I can get," Nick explains. "Kate trusts you, and the people you mentioned I have to get rid of are already on the cut list."

"So that's a yes?" Graham's eyes narrow, suspiciously.

"That's a yes," Kate says, looking at her wrist and checking the time. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get over to the Gym."

Graham grunts, dejected. "Fuck, that's right. Lord Dick has his girls in there, don't he?"

Kate's nodding as she heads for the door, and Graham and Michael fall in behind her, walking with purpose toward the doors. Tommy looks over to him, curious, raising one eyebrow.

"I don't know, darling," Nick answers her unspoken question.

"Maybe we should follow along?"

Nick nods, scowling. He can feel bad things in the air, the monster growling hungrily. There's something bad coming, he realizes.