.. that had really happened, and she had really run away ... well, swum away, as if that could ever solve anything. At least she was away from there. ...ut, how would she face them at work, and where was here anyway? For the first time she noticed the sound of movement outside, and thought she smelled bacon. Food ... quickly, like the little girl she was so often mistaken for, Taylor scrambled onto her hands and knees and crawled to the tent opening. Unzipping it a bit, she looked out.He was. She feared them less because she knew they were from Victoria?s.Victoria had too much money at stake to lose one of her highest paying clients.Lauren knew there were limits to how far they would go? but how far was that?Her fear was real? she knew what could happen on the streets. TheGalaxy was one story, an L-shaped complex with heavy steel doors and tinywindows. Lauren saw inside the glass-enclosed lobby. There was a big mastiffchained behind the desk and a very large tattooed man chomping a. ..' We stepped out to find no one else their but the two of us, my young friend was busy pointing out sights around the city and I was mesmerized that he at such a young age knew so much of our city. As we walked I became dizzy, he reached out to steady me and say '...I'm sorry, the heights and booze will make you dizzy allow me to help back inside. I tell you lets go up the stairs so no one can see you and you can freshen up int the master toilet...' Staggering a little more then I should have. He had killed it with his pistol which he carried in a saddle holster. It was something that I had heard of, but never seen: it was a double-action .44-40 caliber revolver custom made in England. It was a top-break like mine, and it was so well balanced that it seemed to float in my hand when he let me take a few shots with it. I never could remember who made it, but it was a dream to use. The cylinder held seven bullets and it had a startling device that made it safe to load all seven.