‘The woman you met - what was her name again?’ ‘Chanterelle Sammartini,’ I said. ‘Pransky never explained what happened to her. Were you together when he found you?’ ‘No,’ I said. ‘We’d argued.’ Zebra did a creditable double-take. ‘Wasn’t arguing part of the bargain? I mean, if you kidnap someone, don’t you generally assume that there’s going to be some arguing?’ ‘I didn’t kidnap her, no matter what you think. I invited her to take me to the Canopy.’ ‘With a gun.’ ‘She wasn’t going to accept the invitation otherwise.’
