Exhaustion must have claimed Annie quickly because only a short time later, Spencer planned to sneak down stairs to call Tommy, when he passed Annie�...s’ room, she was asleep. He reported all to Tommy and explained his plan.“You need to let me know if Ron comes back for any Grand Jury hearings and if so, if he disappears again. We know where he’ll be headed.”“She got to you, didn’t she?” Tommy asked.“How did you know?” Spencer asked.“You gave me lots of clues but when you took Walt to the doctor. The train shook and then swayed again jostling me and sliding my ass up and down the bar. I felt his fingers against my thigh and almost moved but figured I would wait to see what he does. He did not move his hand and with every shake of the train I pushed my butt cheeks harder into his hand. I looked down at him and smiled, then pretended to be interested in what I was writing. I glanced back at him but looked into his seat at his crotch and a noticed a huge bulge running down his thigh. His. 'So what,' I thought? We're old enough to remember why we split up, right?Dumbest. Mistake. Ever!So, yeah, I told her I'd planned to go to that party but was about to reconsider since all my buddies had bailed.Okay, she replied, how about Netflix and chill at her place? I know, it's a corny old joke, but I hadn't done that in a while and it sounded like an actual plan, I thought. Both of us were too aware that hooking up was out of the question anyway – or supposed to be, at least.Hell yeah!. ”“I can no longer speak for Violet, as she no longer the woman I thought I knew, but I am beginning to realize I never really knew her. As for my friends, I am betting we are in on one of the abandoned mine settlements, northwest of Retvan.”For the third time her eyes widened in shock, no doubt on my accurately predicting our location.“As for their might, I have seven soldiers from Vishant, from where your master and the Voguels hail. They are specifically trained to identify, hunt and kill.