That day, when he arrived back home, he paid off his debts to Doug and went upstairs. Some days later, after doing more assignments, Tyler awoke one night to find a man wearing a fedora sat across from his bed, wielding a handgun. Tyler went for his own handgun, but the intruder pulled it out, before calling for "Ron". Then, a large man with a baseball bat entered the bedroom. Fedora explained that Tyler was getting in the way of their business. However, before he was able to shoot Tyler, Doug came from behind and whacked Ron with a rake. Fedora shot Doug a couple of times and tried to shoot Tyler, but he'd jumped out of his window and escaped. That evening, Tyler was miserably boozing in a dive, when a beautiful young blonde approached him, offering to cheer him up. When Tyler looked up, he stuttered at how little clothing she was wearing (a red tube-top and red miniskirt), making her giggle. Tyler asked why she was in such a bar, and the woman said it was the only place to find decent men. Tyler proclaimed not to be decent, but the woman took his hand and said she'd be the judge. The next morning, Tyler awoke in her fancy apartment in amazement. After a year of being and living with Diana, Tyler was now working from his private account on her computer, rather than through post. After doing a few more "tasks", Tyler visited Doug, who was still in hospital. After a few days, Tyler got back home to find Diana gone, and a note from Fedora. After a short while, stewing over his girlfriend's kidnapping, Tyler packed his guns and went to his friend's house. Tyler let Steve know that he'd lost everything, so he let him stay on his couch. A couple of months after the kidnap, Tyler got a call from Steve to meet him in an alleyway. Once there, Steve introduced Tyler to an old hobo who apparently saw some guys with Diana. After paying the guy, Tyler found out that Fedora and Ron were taking "a young beautiful woman" to the docks, and that she seemed tense. One of the men, who was a large guy, often drank and played pool at Nemo's Bar and Pool on the weekends. Days later, now during the weekend, Tyler and Steve went to the bar