"You really think it's that simple," she said. "You think it's really that simple." Should I... Think otherwise," I asked, scrabbling for purchase." '...hould I think otherwise, ' " Trina sneered. She flung the door open, sauntering into her dim room. "Are you really so mentally incapable as that? Is it really so hard for you to figure it out?" Look, Trina," I said. "I didn't come here to fight you, so you don't need to be hostile. Cut it out already. Just tell me what I need to know."Trina. "Hi Paul, girls OK?" asked Emma after we'd kissed each other."Upstairs doing their homework or tidying up I hope," I replied. "Had a good day?" Yes. We didn't buy much, but we had a nice lunch and wandered about quite a bit," Said Emma."A lovely town, I liked it," said Gillian, who was observing me closely I noticed."Dinner can be whenever," I replied. "I've cooked the meat so it can be warmed up when we're ready along with the spaghetti and garlic bread." God, you're a good man doing that for. Anyway, Lightning wanted to see my home.We were in luck, because they weren't there. As I rode into the small clearing where Aunt lived, I was amazed at how small it looked from up on top of Lightning. I showed him my stables where I slept, but he was too big to even fit in. Lightning is a very big horse — a real war horse, I think, really fit for a prince.From there, we hurried through the forest following the creek and then the animal trail that Uncle talked about. Lightning covered the. " It comes from practice, Stan. I do a lot of questionin' witnesses." Yeah," Ezra commented, "we know that there are three men and their hideout is a tiny cabin in a pecan grove. Pretty good fer this early in the investigation."At Jesse Albert's general store, they waited until the place was empty of customers and started to question him. Sean asked, "How did the kidnappers contact ya?" They left a note on Joey's pillow. Ya want to see it? I got it here in the store." Albert reached under the.