Marks' car was still in sight and I wasn't getting too close. It would be hard to be on the sly riding a horse. I didn't want Marks or his mob fingeri...ng me.We finally got out of the city and Mabel tried to stop and eat some grass. That was all I needed, riding a bent horse and losing Marks because the horse was hungry. I could tell that Mabel was getting tired. Luckily for me and her, Marks' Model A turned off the main road. The car had turned onto a well maintained gravel road. I kept Mabel. I managed to get a thermos of coffee into his car before he rushed out of my parking lot. Lucas had done his homework well it appeared. James's two year old Porsche was sitting in a corner of the small downtown park's parking lot. There were two or three other cars as well. I figured that was a good thing, since I wanted at least the threat of an audience. I wanted anything at all that would shake Smiley up a little.I left the car about five minutes before Lucas guessed that Smiley would be. “Ariadne?” Treya asked. The girl nodded. “Ariadne, we don’t mean you any harm.”Ariadne looked to Bobo, who attempted to translate. She shook her head, apparently not understanding.Then she disappeared, reappearing behind them and running south out of the throne room.“Where—” Bobo started, but Treya didn’t wait to hear what he said.She sprinted after the girl, Shavala following her. They caught sight of her in the vestibule, where she’d stopped to stare at the destroyed vases, but before they. ’ Ronnie answered with a sly smile. Pop winked at him and made a shooing motion with his hand. Ronnie just about ran out to his truck. He waited eagerly on the passenger side and almost threw Cora into her seat trying to help her into the cab. He hurried around the truck and hopped in started her up and they were off. ‘What the hell is happening?’ Cora demanded. ‘We’re picking up something for the new shed we cleaned out your first day.’ ‘Liar!’ she giggled. Who on earth gets this excited to.