Maybe the day before, a gang roared into town. I bet Tony saw one of those assholes gazing at his daughter inappropriately. I guess being an ex-con ke...t him from beating the guy to death.”When they left, they each had heavy bags to carry. Moe insisted on one last stop, a merchandise store every small town used to have before megastores. He came in with her. Found a couple things. She insisted he buy them and wait for her outside. Mysterious Moira.Heading back, they stopped at Dorothy’s. Not to. I found a spa in the D concourse and they had a short wait, so I went back to the airline club, poured up a glass of wine in a paper cup and was in the pedicure chair fifteen minutes later. The warm water of the footbath began to ease the pain of the delay and the wine was definitely helping too. That was when I noticed someone preparing to take a seat in the chair to my left. She was a tall brunette probably in her mid 30s. Like me she looked like she had been traveling all day and needed some. He was sure it counted. Dan had plannedthis day long before and he had prepared everything for today to passsmoothly.The first thing he had to do was to imitate a sickness to get excusedfrom the trip with his parents. That was done perfectly. Mom didn'texpect him to pretend sickness, not in the winter break. Usually Dan waseager to see his cousins and parents couldn't expect his ailment wasn'ttrue.Next was the room. Dan had chosen kitchen because there was more lighthere than in the bathroom.. Bill let out a sigh, then said, "She'd kill me if she found out I told you, but, well, we have some good equipment here. But there's stuff that'll blow this hardware away out on the market. Real bleeding-edge stuff that might actually be able to help test some of the theories she's come up with." And?" It's real expensive stuff." How expensive?" asked Ken."Like around a hundred grand."Ken's eyes went wide. A hundred-thousand dollars? Must be some serious hardware."Why doesn't she want to work.