Stepping out of Fi's Saab at the country club and sliding a black suit jacket on over a dress shirt and gray slacks, accessorized with a flashy new pair of square sunglasses, Michael VOs, "When you're undercover, you often fight your emotions. If the operation demands you be a target's best friend, you do it, no matter what you're feeling. But there are times emotions can help sell a cover ID. If hitting a guy reinforces your cover, you give it all you got." With that, Michael storms all the way back into Erik's office and interrupts his rug-putting practice with a sock to the gut. Which I think is the first thing on this week's list of things the police can't do. Using an angry high-class lockjaw voice, Michael claims he bought a car from Erik that nearly got him killed. He gives his name as Peter. "I bought a Lotus from you a while back. One day, it disappears, replaced by a note which informed me that I'm a dead man. I go home, my house is torched. Next day, I'm nearly killed in a drive-by. All of which made me curious to know: where the hell'd you get that car from?" Erik says that was an anonymous transaction (doesn't seem to have worked, though), and picks up the handset for his desk phone. Which Michael smashes the keypad of with Erik's putter (that's number two). "I'm trying to stay a step ahead of a death squad!" he grits. "I need my money back." When Erik balks, Michael knees him in the gut a few times (that's three, four, and five), yelling, "Didn't anyone ever tell you the customer! Is always! Right!" While Erik's on the floor gasping, Michael drops that modified cell phone into a handy potted plant (six, without a warrant). Michael writes a contact number on the pad on Erik's desk, giving him one day and warning him, "If they're after me, you can be damn sure they're after you." That was a pretty intimidating display. Here comes this big, scary guy into his office, warning Erik about the people he's scared of. Effective. That would totally work on me. In fact, I now have absolutely no plans to go to Miami













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