Speeder frowned, “Will that happen?”Darcy shrugged, “No idea, but I do know I’m bloody hard to kill and I can live a very, very long time, so ...ho knows.”“Will I live as long?” Speeder asked.“Well, if I upgrade you to one of my consorts, you can probably live nearly as long,” Darcy replied.“Oh,” Speeder replied.Darcy looked at her, “You’d really like me to do that wouldn’t you?” Speeder nodded. “Silly Dog, truly, you’d be happy to be stuck with me for like a thousand years or more?”“In a. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail to keep it out of her eyes and a little puddle formed under her tailbone to remind her of her need to keep drinking liquids.She looked up into the stands and saw her sister talking with some silly boy who sat listening to her words with an interested look on his face. Her mom was exchanging recipes with some lady she didn’t know who had a sleeping toddler in a stroller at her feet. Her father was on the phone again probably talking to someone at work. Johnson, where's your bathroom?" "Right down the hall, Katie, last door on you're left." "Thanks Mr. Johnson." "Oh hey Katie" said Steve "Once you're done in there come back for a second I have to ask you a quick question" "Alright...but who are you?" "My name's Steve honey now go and take care of your business and hurry back" "Steve, you can't go through with this...that girl is only 12 years old I've known her practically her whole life she's a sweet girl you. Meanwhile, Jameson sat down and waved Sean and Ezra over to his table. "Much obliged, boys. Y'all got me out of a bad one, that time. Those two yahoos woulda shot me next. Yer quick action saved my bacon and I appreciate it." Shit, boss. We wuz jus' doin' our job. We couldn't let them shoot ya. Who were they, anyway?" They wuz a couple of Ortiz's muscle complaining 'bout last night's dust up. "Y'all musta made quite an impression on Ortiz. Y'all need to watch yer backs fer a few days. Fact is,.