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Lucas checked the safe in a panic. He'd left Joe to close on his own last night. It hadn't seemed like a bad idea at the time. Joe was older by far than most of the strays who worked at Empire and until now he'd been the most responsible too. He walked straight past Mark and into his office. Mark's obscure quotations couldn't help him now. He picked up the phone to call Joe and froze. The Music Town proposal was on his desk; he hadn't left it there. Had Joe done something stupid to try and save the store?