Dan had a bad feeling, but he picked up the file anyway.


    As he read, the veins on his forehead bulged, his already furious face contorting


    with rage.


    "Find out where Yvonne is staying. Now."


    "Yes, sir," Carroll replied.


    Just as he said it, Dan''s phone rang. It was Leroy.


    "Dan, the Boss wants you at cktower immediately," Leroy said.


    "You can tell him I can''t solve this!" Dan retorted without a second thought.


    Things had spiraledpletely out of control. The crisis hitting ck Gate was incrediblyplex-soplex that Dan was struggling to even understand how it had all started and how it had gotten this bad.


    "But, sir, he..."


    Dan had no patience for Derek. His rtionship with his father had been strained for years. It was almostughable. For years, he''d barely see Derek twice a year, but now that ck Gate was taking a beating, suddenly Derek wanted to acknowledge him as his son.


    As if that could erase everything that had happened.


    Carroll returned with Xander and Yvonne''s location. Dan pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to soothe a throbbing headache. He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and stood up.


    ...


    Yvonne''s side.


    The stress of the past few weeks had killed her appetite. She''d barely eaten a decent meal. Now that the Susanna situation was finally resolved, she was determined to treat herself to a good dinner.


    But just as she arrived at the restaurant, she saw Hull walking out.


    He was carrying a bundle in his arms, wrapped in his suit jacket. Yvonne couldn''t make out what it was.


    What was that? Wait a minute, in Hull''s arms...


    Yvonne''s gaze fixed on the bundle, her eyes narrowed as she tried to get a better look.


    But before she could, Hull had already bundled whatever-or whoever-it was into his car.


    By the time the car pulled away, she still hadn''t seen a thing.


    Xander parked the car and walked over to find Yvonne staring nkly in one direction.


    He followed her gaze but saw nothing but a line of parked cars.


    "What are you looking at?" he asked.


    His voice snapped Yvonne back to the present.


    She looked at him, dazed. "Did you see that?"


    "See what?" Xander was confused. He nced again in the direction she was looking. Still nothing.


    "Hull! He was carrying a woman!"


    Xander was skeptical. "A woman? You''ve got to be kidding me."


    "I''m not kidding! I''m sure it was a woman."


    Xander raised an eyebrow. The way she said, I''m sure it was a woman,


    sounded a but sure. It was


    obvious she hadn''t gotten a clear look.


    "Well, it couldn''t have been a dog, right? Or a man?" Yvonne reasoned, her voice trailing off.


    Now she was just talking nonsense Hull hated pets, and while he was never short on femalepany, he wasn''t the type to carry a woman around.


    "Ugh, what is with him?" Yvonne muttered. "What does Susanna even mean to him?"


    "Hmm?" Xander grunted.


    "He was going crazy trying to get Susanna back from ck Gate, but... wait, my brain is fried. Are you telling me full was never actually into Susanna Then what was this whole mess about?"


    Yvonne''s thoughts were aplete jumble.


    Xander wasn''t faring much better after her chaotic train of thought.