myself. I promise some other time, would you mind if I used your shower to freshen up.”

“No, go right ahead, but hurry.” She said as she got out of bed went to the linen closet and tossed him a washcloth and towel. She also gathered up his clothes and handed them to him.

“Normally I would ask you to join me in the shower, but I do have to get moving. One of the men that I was with last night is performing tonight and I wanted to see his play,” he lied.

“Oh! What is his name and what is the play?” she asked.

Joseph told her and she hit her forehead with her hand.

“Rich Worth, 'eshalla', I should have guessed,” she said. “Mr. and Mrs. Richard Worthington and their son Rich, is how you introduced them. I never put Worthington and Worth together. He must be trying to make it on his own and does not use the Richard Worthington name. Yes Rich Worth. I have heard of him. They say he is going to be the next big star on Broadway. Maybe the next time he is at the Cafe I'll chose him as my dancing partner.”

“But then you might not have as good a Saturday morning as we just had. He spends all his spare time in acting school.” Joseph laughed and kissed her lightly as he took the towel and his clothes and quickly showered and dressed. When he finished he came out and she let him out of the apartment. She assured him that she was just joking about dancing with Rich as she kissed him and told him to call her tomorrow. He took the elevator to the first floor and found his car and drove downtown to Rich's apartment house.

He pulled the car into his new parking place next to Rich's Car and got out. Taking the bug scanner and running it over the car, he was shocked to learn that someone had bugged the car. That bitch! I bet that all that was just to set me up!

From a pay phone in the lobby he called Barns and made an appointment for someone to check out the car. “Where are you now? I can have someone over there in an hour or less. Don't do anything to the car, don't move it or call from it and don't even speak near it until we find out what you have there.” Barns said. “It may just be a directional bug and that you can live with, but then it could also be something else.”

“Like what?”

“Well there are all sorts of devices. It could be a listening device, that picks up your voice and broadcasts it to an off site receiver where it is recorded. It could also be a remote triggering device that will ignite explosives hidden somewhere in the car.” Barns said. “But I don't think it is either of these. Anyway give me the location of the car and I'll send a guy to take care of it within the hour.”

Joseph gave him the address and told him he will meet the guy downstairs in front of the apartment.

“I'll be coming also,” Bill said. “There are a few things we have to talk about in person.”

An hour later the three men gathered in front of Rick's apartment house and Joseph directed them to his