I don't think you could hinder me any more than I'm hindering myself. You said it yourself, didn't you? Or implied it. This is crazy. Insane. I'm probably being screwed with, but why? Because I'm a writer? Maybe they want money. They didn't have to take Alice to get at me, but that's what happens in these stories, right?
[ He's trying to make sense of his own thoughts, of the intuition that drove him to come to her in the first place. It's a thread he's having a hard time following, and so far, he hasn't managed to really follow it anywhere. But maybe that will come to him after he's had some sleep. Sleep that he doesn't want, but apparently needs to have. ]
I don't think he's just going to hand over information. It's going to be blackmail. Extortion. The usual stuff. You don't have to come.
[ Especially if she thinks the kidnapper's someone he made up. ]
Fine. I'll nod off for a little while since you insist, and then I'm out of your hair. [ With or without her. Fat chance of me actually sleeping, though. ]
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[ He's trying to make sense of his own thoughts, of the intuition that drove him to come to her in the first place. It's a thread he's having a hard time following, and so far, he hasn't managed to really follow it anywhere. But maybe that will come to him after he's had some sleep. Sleep that he doesn't want, but apparently needs to have. ]
I don't think he's just going to hand over information. It's going to be blackmail. Extortion. The usual stuff. You don't have to come.
[ Especially if she thinks the kidnapper's someone he made up. ]
Fine. I'll nod off for a little while since you insist, and then I'm out of your hair. [ With or without her. Fat chance of me actually sleeping, though. ]