”“Eyelasers! Fucking sweet!” Matt said. “Wait, no, no, that’s bad. When the monster has eyelasers, it’s bad.”Jennifer shook her head and... called forth her pom-poms. “Fighting Spirit Fiery Burst!” she shouted, shooting a fireball up at the monster. It dodged it easily. She fired off another three. It dodged those too, spinning out of the way at the last moment each time. “He turns really fast. I don’t think I can hit him. You can fly up there, right?”“Hold on, I’m disengaging the cloak,” Matt. But between sweet-talking her and the candy, I finally got her loaded and settled down.By 9:00, we were on the road. Shadow riding shotgun and taking full advantage of the open window. I’ve never figured out why dogs hate somebody blowing in their face. But love hanging their head out of a car window. At noon the next day, we arrived at Mr. Jeffords’s place.Pete had told me to look up Hans Jeffords when I got to Butte. Pete and Hans had ridden together in their earlier days. Pete had called. " Jamie said. "I knew she spent a lot of money on testimony and research, and that it was a grand jury witness who caught the link." Jamie continued."So. You can see we have a problem."'Yes, you do." Jamie continued."Actually we all do. Remember that. I am going to ask you to step in and handle the prosecution on this case." With Colleen sitting behind me jabbing me to do it her way? I don't' think so." Jamie said.Silence greeted this response. Continuing, Jamie said, "If this get's public,. Sorry, I guess that was below the belt. But the knuckle draggers did look like they make great bullet catchers.The girls spoke together, “Welcome aboard, Master.” Then, as before, they approached to remove my shoes, replacing them with slippers. That actually fit. Nick just nodded, his face expressionless. I was beginning to think he never changed that expression.Nick informed me that my grandfather had discussed my security arrangement with him. For that reason, it was determined I wouldn’t be.