Chapter 20

"Are you some brand of insane? Have you been taking some crack or cocaine that I do not know of or it's the regular marijuana that is actually beginning to mess with your already daft brain?" Nick asked incredulously "How on earth do you go to the Senator of the United States and make a demand for ransom in exchange for his child?! Do you know that he fucking FBI are on the case now?" Nick yelled. "Keep your voice down Nick, unless you want all of Oregon hearing us" Pete repeated his advice at them being calm and quiet. "What do you think? We'll wave a flag and head to Capitol Hill, Washington DC, demand to see the Senator and make our offer? Or write a damned proposal for it and just hand it over along with a contact address or some e-mail and phone number he can call whenever he's ready to make negotiations? Really? That is your genuis idea? And you think for a second that it is not an insane and stupid thought that will fail even before it begins?" Nick asked incredulously. "No,