Well, actually I had to lie a little. OK, a lot. But the truth would've got me dismissed immediately as a whack job, and that wasn't going to help Sus...n."Quiller was somebody Susan told me she was afraid of," I said. "That's all she said, just that name, I have no idea who he is. She gave me kind of a quick-and-dirty description, too. I'm just speculating about the driver, but the description fits a guy the e.r. people said got there before me and gave them my name. He didn't have ID, told them. They both started to get worried when he was gone for more than fifteen minutes. They then heard a whistle and looked up to see him on the edge of the paddock higher on the hill.Trae indicated for them to come to him. “What the hell is he playing at?” Gunther grumbled.Kat chuckled softly, “I’d say he picked up on their scent. He has an amazing nose for scents and smells.”Gunther harrumphed but didn’t comment as they finally caught up with Trae. Trae pointed to the ground, “I don’t think he even. Her purse was large and bulged.She didn't respond for a moment. "You know what happened to the man before you?" Yeah." Then you don't fuck with Marisol and you will be okay. Where is Oscar?"Brendan pointed to the man's office. He watched Marisol walk past him and through the doorway. He went back to sorting, wondering how such a sensibly dressed, motherly woman could curse and threaten death so blithely. He whittled down his first piles and went back to retrieve more. Marisol looked at him but. .. I mean, what’s in it?”His cheeks turned beet red as he retrieved another. “Nothing weird like that. The centaurs have been mass producing them while getting their gardens up and running, so that’s mostly nuts, berries, and maybe eye of newt. Each bar has your calories for the day, but it won’t fill your stomach very well.”“Thank you.” She pocketed the bars he offered, and watched while he drank from the tube. “So any idea about where we go next?”“Nope.” He rubbed his belly. “My danger sense.