I’d imagine the other two and some of their bunch are here as well.”“What are they worth?”“I think Damon and Custis are worth three hundred ...piece, Lucius was five hundred dollars last time we picked up paper on him. They usually have three or four men with them, according to the papers. Some of their men have bounties on them as well. But we’ll only look at them if we are unable to locate Miss Lodge, as they are likely quite well armed.”She looked puzzled. “Do you suppose they’re eyeing the. There wasn’t any point in causing Marya trouble by implicating her in whatever it was the police were here about. After all, he hadn’t done anything, why should he mess up Marya’s life over a misunderstanding? He was sure this was a mistake and would be cleared up quickly. And he had promised Marya he would never tell anyone about them. ‘You what, Mr. Morris?’ the sheriff asked. ‘I…I came home and spent the evening correcting papers,’ Ben said. ‘I…I had some tests to correct and some essays to. He started, “I’m sorry Sheila, but I had to interrupt. This is not something that only the mothers do. When we decided to have children, it was a unanimous GROUP vote – we ALL wanted kids around. We went out of our way pretty much to be sure that paternity is uncertain, so every man and every woman is in on this journey. This is a Circle expense, NOT something that only the mothers pay for. If anyone disagrees, please speak up.”Heads nodded around the table, and no one said a word.Bob gestured. ’ ‘Do you have a family to get back to?’ ‘No. My mom and dad live in Grass Valley but I have my own place in Sacramento.’ ‘What do you do there? For a living I mean?’ Billy looked at me and laughed. ‘Hell John, I’m the Keebler elf. Didn’t you recognize me?’ ‘What does that mean?’ ‘I stock grocery store shelves with Keebler cookies and crackers. Been doing it for a few years now. I do my job and nobody bothers me. I make enough to get by and I have no work related worries.’ ‘Sounds like a.