The Adventures of Rocky Jordan - High Pressure

Rocky closed the Tambourine early that night, at about eleven o'clock. All of his employees had left, and he had just climbed into bed in his room upstairs for some extra sleep. Suddenly, Rocky hears the roar of motor cars coming down the street. He looked out of his open window to see two identical sedans stop directly in front of the Tambourine. The doors flew open, and a dozen uniformed men scrambled out. One of them started barking orders. They were surrounding the club. As Rocky is putting on his robe, he hears his front door slamming open. He quickly goes down the stairs. Rocky says "Alright, cut the racket, I'm getting there. Now, what is this all about?" The leader of the group says "Put on your clothes, Mr. Jordan. You come with us". Rocky says "It takes a warrant, Buster". The leader says "As you wish. Read it quickly". Rocky says "This is from the Foreign Ministry? He says "Precisely". Rocky says "Look, a phone call would have got me there. Why in the middle of the night, and why the armed guard?" The leader says "At once, Mr. Jordan. The Egyptian government does not like to be kept waiting". A few minutes later, Rocky is riding in the backseat of the lead car. All of his questions were met with stony silence. Rocky says to himself "Whatever this was about, they were making it look big and important". Reaching the governmental center, their car slowed, and soon rolled up to the big foreign ministry building. I was taken out of the car and inside the building. With two guards ahead, and two guards behind him, they marched Rocky down a long marble floored corridor. At the far end, they ushered Rocky through a door and into a small room. The guards left him there, locking the door behind them. An hour later, the door to the inner office suddenly opened. A guard beckoned, and Rocky went in. Seated behind a huge desk was a spectacled Egyptian official. The name plate on the desk said "Herod Bay". Bay says "Mr. Jordan, some years ago, you very suddenly left the United States. Why?"