as he walked over to the entrance , his boots crunching in the snow , he half expected the code that unlocked things from the outside not to work : iam had n't come home at the end of the night , and assuming those cocksuckers at the s'hisbe had n't taken the guy for collateral , there was only one place his brother could be : after two pots of coffee and a lot of checking his watch , trez knew that if he wanted to make peace , he had to head across town .