Angela gasped as she suddenly stood face to face with two gruff-looking men with menacing expressions on their faces. She recognized them immediately from the images taken from the security camera at the inn. One was thick and broad-built, the other slender, like a weasel, with pinched facial features. They both gave Angela the creeps.

“Sorry about that, sweetheart,” the heavy one told Angela with a sneer. “Jerry here can’t help you. I’m afraid he has a fatal weakness for ...