All of the info that Clint shared was couched in discreet terms. He did not mention that I’d shot and killed three men. Gunner Gunther. Karl Hoffsta...ter. Dixie Wexler.Nor did he state that Daddy had never fired his service pistol at anyone.All in all, I thought that Clint had done a good job in introducing the two noobs to the team. They all knew each other, to one degree or another. Daddy and I represented an unknown element. And we added a twelfth city, Kansas City, to the roster.New York was. I tried to run away the first time he took me out somewhere. He caught me and he punished me.’ She was quiet for awhile, her eyes clouded over fearfully. ‘He takes two every three years or so. He does his research and he drives a long way to get them. With you two there’s twelve of us.’ ‘Twelve?’ My mind spun, two every three years, twelve! I quickly counted, four by the third year, six by the sixth, eight, ten– fifteen years! She just nodded. ‘I’d just finished training to be a nurse when he. What I would love to have is someone who is more experienced in that area, someone who can teach me some tricks, and that is where Claire comes in…Last year when I was at Knappers, Claire worked in the same place as me. However several things were different; at the time I was in a relationship, and so really wasn’t looking for anyone else, plus Claire was somewhat shy and reserved, was reasonably chubby, and had frizzy blonde hair that was too large for her petite head. It was for these reasons. Clive asked about a friend of hers, and almost instantly another knockout of a woman came and joined us from across the room. Thus, I met Lady Vane and Dame Ross.I don’t pretend to understand the pecking order of the British honors systems, but given the youthful age of these two women, I knew they must be extraordinary individuals. In an aside, Clive told me that Lady Linda Vane had brought honor to the empire by her solo long-distance yachting around the globe; Dame Holly Ross had started.