I chose that place because I still wanted to see all of that water everybody kept talking about. I had trouble believing the stories, and I wanted to ...ee for myself.I bought a horse for the trip, but I did not bother with a pack mule. This part of Texas was well populated, and there were plenty of places to stop off for a meal and to spend the night. Just in case, I had a strongbox made to fit inside my saddle bag. I now had too much gold to carry it conveniently in my moneybelts, so I needed. We had a bit less than an hour left of daylight, but I think we were indeed going to arrive there just in the nick of time.I didn’t even try to blast away any of the larger groups of foes with my launcher. With reluctance, I also drew out my wand and tried to make myself useful, blasting like a mid-range mortar or close-support artillery barrage to help clear out the path in front us. With a little practice, I could duplicate the arced projectile effect of the spell, so when it landed there was. A passing shower was creating artistic patterns against the far street light as the scarcely dampening rain appeared to fall in slow motion. Not ten feet from the booth and his peristaltic rate hit overdrive. No longer was his document case resident on the seat where he had left it momentarily. Equally unattended was the adjoining booth he noted. Looking around wildly – there was no trace of either the case or Miss quick-fix. Other patrons, fully engaged in conversation, their alcoholic. "Jake took a sip from his drink and another drag from his cigarette. He blew the smoke directly in Manny's face and then set the smoke in the ashtray. "You tapped my phone for them, didn't you?" he asked.Manny managed to look appalled by this accusation. "Excuse me, sir?" he asked. "Tapped your phone? I would never do anything like that." Then how did the snooping little fuck they hired to follow me around know when and where Mindy would be picking me up? How did he just happen to be there when.