" She wasn't happy and turned away. As she gathered up her backpack I threw the bags in the back of the van and climbed in the front. Tammy stood outs...de for a while with her back to the van. I waited. Finally she broke down and climbed in to the other front seat.I drove west toward I15 in the stony silence. My intention was to head for LA. I just didn't see any other choice. Six hours of silence later we were approaching Las Vegas. I headed for the strip and pulled in to the Mandalay. ”“He’s six years younger than I am,” she said. “It’s always been me worrying about and taking care of him. Apparently he thinks he needs to return the favor now. Since I’m off with you, he’ll probably hit the road again and I’ll hear from him from India or Africa or Australia.”“What does he do?”“He’s linguist and freelance interpreter. He speaks half a dozen languages, including three Middle Eastern dialects and Japanese. Sometimes he does work for the State Department,” Maddie said proudly.. It’s coming down big time up here and the net says it’s going to be like this until around 4:00 am. It’s too risky to go back out and get you two. I know we’ll just have to start a day later. I was looking forward to playing with you tonight too.” With that remark I happen to turn to Stacy who is at the window staring outside. A broad smile spreads across her face and I swear she’s licking her lips. Damn, here we go again. “Sorry, what was that? Yeah, just have Mark drop you off at home and. Katrina's plane was scheduled for an 1855 arrival, five minutes before seven, but the tote board said Delayed and I had no idea how long that meant. I frowned and made my way towards the gates, spending ten minutes going through the security checkpoint and then riding the small subway from the main terminal to the other one, where the gates were. At least I could do that much, unlike at a lot of other airports where a person couldn't get past the main terminal without a boarding pass.That still.