Any attempt by official channels to dig up deep background on me would lead to Milwaukee, where the local Lone Star franchise has built me a bulletproof cover story. If the search is done unofficially—through the Milwaukee gang scene, for example—they’ll run into the same cover, because Rick Larson Gang Hero was active there as well. So the only people who’d recognize my face in Seattle are my Lone Star superiors or people who’ve met me in my Cutters persona. Nice and logical and reassuring, right?