`` why do n't you work on your car today ? '' `` good cover story , '' i said to sandy . but i remember , a long time ago , out on patrol in the bad lands , i learned my lesson . they were all over the place , sometimes even walking right through me . nope , he answers with an extra-long n. why the heck not ? i felt a terrible pain cut through my stomach . i gave him use of your office for the morning . '' not that she was n't a bad cop . 