I held my arm out to the side. “May I?”Sarah glanced up with a smirk. “Of course, sir.”We made our way to the valet desk. “How is your visit...so far, sir?”“It’s been interesting, honestly. That elevator tends to ascend rather rapidly.”He chuckled. “Yes sir. It always takes our guests by surprise, though the inspectors manage to pass the inspection year after year. Sir, I know you’re here to pick up your vehicle, but may I interest you in our complimentary limousine service? You are our VIP guest. " No, no we haven't, though I have let him do a few other things."Once again I knew what some of those "things" were as she'd put it, though I hadn't read forward yet, so perhaps there were a few more besides that I wasn't really aware of."Go on." "Well the truth is, I've been putting him off, giving him just enough the way I thought about it to keep things under control without getting out of hand, but I guess even that wasn't enough. Finally, last week he told me that if things didn't happen. The latter was far less probable of course.On a signal from their leader, the first circle of men lowered their spears and pointed them toward the prisoners. They began to close in on them and the circle opened until the trio was forced to walk toward the low platform in front of the arch at the back of the room.They were then pressed even more to step onto the platform and the now tight crowd of men extended their spears forward to force the trio step onto the disk of the arch. Vincent could. “Hey Fred, they for sale?”“Yep!”“They don’t look sick,” Pete said glancing at me.“That’s because they ain’t sick. These are Bull Cavil’s stock,” I informed him.“Oh! I heard he got himself a new boy to monitor the health of his stock. Is that you?” Pete asked with interest.“These bighorns have been up on the high ranges all summer and are all healthy as can be,” I told him avoiding the question.He squinted at me. “You look a lot happier Bron. It was a mean thing your granddaddy did to you.”I.