"But I've got a deadline for this delivery, so let's hit the road". Frank asked them why two young people are hitch hiking in the middle of the night ...ike this, but he didn't seem remotely surprised when they said they wanted to get away from their Father. "Yeah, I know how that goes" he sighed, eyes glued to the rolling highway. "My old man wasn't exactly Father of the year himself". The three of them made various small talk about how long Frank had been driving semi trucks, what Brad and. We believed that they were going to force him to sell in order to get his daughter back. Since this really could not be proven nothing more could be done about it legally. But, we were going to find out who was in charge and making the decisions.Mr. Black was going to have agents question the person during a meeting Marcus would set up to discuss them selling out to him. The FBI agents would interrupt the meeting insisting on speaking to the individual and make them believe that they were. They all looked curiously amused—except for her boss, who was frowning slightly. She had dared to insult John Wayne—however delicately she had put it—and they all wanted to see if she would dare to accept his invitation."All right, Mr. Wayne. I'll sit next to you. But I have to warn you ... it had better be good! I'm not very good at hiding my feelings about most things and I wouldn't want to offend you if it's bad!" This prompted another round of soft laughter from the group.He scowled at her,. ” They should’ve sent someone with less temper, Kilgore thought as Lefleur deactivated the connection. “Sir, they might be attempting a ruse. If they know we have warships, this may be their excuse to draw them out. We remember the incident at Delta Pavonis too well. We would be fools to trust them when they strike us so willingly.” “I agree, sir. The NorCom has demonstrated its bad faith before: at Delta Pavonis and in the ban of our products from their allied worlds.” “I think they recognize.