Watch out, you bastard. You'll burn my hair," Billy grunted.Billy was still pressed heavily over her back, but now Ellen looked up at Vito for the fir...t time. He was much smaller than she had expected him to be, though his bony wiry frame had a definite look of vicious cruelty about it."Oh God, he's a killer!" the thought raced through her mind with a frightening sureness.The truck bounced along the country road and as the men smoked their cigarettes, Ellen's glance returned again and again to. The travelers took their leave, with the well wishes of the entire town.Once on the road, Shaylee took a deep breath and smiled broadly. She was happy again. She hadn't realized just how depressed staying in that town had made her.Maeve rode up beside her sister and said, "Is it living in a town that bothers you or the fact that you are not traveling?"Shaylee frowned and thought for a bit then said, "You know, I am not quite sure, but I am very sure that I am happy to be out of that particular. The assassin smiled for the first time in 48 hours. ********************** ‘Sir, you need to get out of here. Marx’s people are bound to be looking for you.’ Jason looked up from the report he was reading and noticed the panicked edge to his employee’s voice. ‘Why would they? I have nothing to do with this.’ He returned his attention to his report and hoped that his head of security would take the clue and leave him be. ‘Sir, your father…’ Jason cut him off, ‘For god’s sake Eric, I am not my. I had him pop the hood. I saw it almost immediately: the alternator fan belt was just hanging there. Their battery was dead."You need a fan belt and a jump," I said. The nearest shop—and one I knew about—was back in town. This was going to be three hour job counting travel back and forth."But how can I..." he started.The rain had slowed. I hadn't noticed that miss college grad had joined us by the open hood."If you guys want to pile into my ride, I'll take you back to town. We can get the belt,.