John Chambers hired me to capture and eliminate you. His instructions were that I should cause you as much pain as possible while I was doing that, an... I always strive to give my money’s worth to my employer.” Now, Harrison was really scared. Apparently he had heard of me.“In case you have forgotten why Mr. Chambers dislikes you so, I will remind you. Earlier this year, you, Asa Fletcher, and Bob Axlerod came upon the Chambers family after they had had an accident in their buckboard. Mr.. “I’m making a meatloaf and--”“Oh my god, it smells amazing!” Talsy said. She looked around. “We brought food just in case. But homecooked sounds, like, so much better than subs.”“Meatball for you,” Raylea said to me.“You know me so well!” I said. Then I frowned. Raylea made me think of Felix.“I could’ve made meatball subs.” Jess frowned and moped back to the kitchen.“Oh my god!” Sherry leaned over me and Nisha and sniffed openly. “One of us needs to carry a Febreze bottle and spray you down all. Does this other girl hang out with you guys a lot?”“Carmen? Not really. I mean, just in study hall, pretty much.”“Is she in trouble with Muireann too?”“They don’t know each other, really. Probably Lara is mad at Carmen more than Muireann would be.”“Why?”I hesitated, having never told Heather about my past dysfunctional relationship. The thought of laying out that whole tale... “Just stuff that happened a while ago with her,” I dismissed. “Long story for another day, but I know Lara isn’t super. ” He gruffly commanded. I meekly did as I was told, my heart beating as fast as a drum as I opened the passenger door. “Get in and close the bloody door,” he wheezed. I slid into the seat and turned to face him. He was in his sixties and had uneven yellow teeth poking through a grey flecked beard. “Give me the money,” he coldly told me as he held a hand the size of a shovel in front of my face. I fumbled in my purse and handed him the money.“Right, now suck me off.” He laughed as he.