Space For Hire (Seven For Space) - Plot & Excerpts
They hadn't done anything to her face, and her body seemed to be unmarked. She was lying on her back. I flipped her over and found the deep laser wound that had sliced into her flesh from neck to hips. Looked like the work of a .48 PA tri-beam rimfire Gripper — but I couldn't be sure. Whoever had done the job had been in a big hurry because my .38was still on the floor where I'd dropped it. I picked it up, checked the load. Okay. Now I owned two .38s — this one and the one under my coat from the other universe. At least I had something to show for the trip. Nicole's murder had all the earmarks of a double-cross. Apparently whoever was after Umani had used the girl to decoy me here, then put her away for good after I was safely transported out of the scene. They didn't want to leave any witnesses around loose, and a good-looking piece of fluff always has a tendency to shoot off her mouth to the wrong Joe. They'd made certain her mouth stayed shut. There was nothing I could do about Nicole but the unit was worth a frisk.
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