.. more silver notches for me." A twisted smile appeared under his white ski mask. The little craft skimmed the surface of the snow as he reached seve...nty miles an hour. Vlad quickly closed the glimmering white gap between him and the retreating SRT-8."You fucking prick! Get your ass back here and get back in position," Max shouted into his microphone. Everyone but Vlad had reluctantly broken off the chase and returned to their assigned positions. Max knew they were pissed at him for breaking. Perhaps one of them could get it going quicker than waiting for a service truck.”“I guess that’s worth a try. But, please call me Marcie. I’m really not old enough to be a ma’am.”“Yes, Ma—Marcie. I’m William. Please come in and have a seat. I’ll go round up a couple of the guys.”“Thank you.”Marcie looked around the front room as she moved to a wingchair and made herself comfortable. At least as comfortable as she could be under the circumstances. She expected a frat house to have things strewn. Why don’t you pick an outfit out?” Linda’s eyebrow rose. “Before she even says yes?” Ellen rolled her eyes. “It’s Alice, of course she’ll say yes!” That was probably true. In fact, Alice was tempted to say yes before hearing anything, solely to see Linda’s reaction. She couldn’t remember ever not going along with one of Ellen’s plans, but then, she was probably the most open of anyone in the shop to new experiences. Still, Ellen enjoyed convincing them, so she remained quiet as Linda. .. give him Dad’s mobile number.”Tara read the number to Steve then listened and said okay. Steve put her on hold while he dialled Dad. After a bit she and Steve talked again. It turned out Dad’s mobile was giving a “not switched on or out of area” message. She looked at me for a second and then said for Steve to stay there and we’ll come and help get Dan home.I looked at Tara like she was crazy, but she shrugged at me and said Dan needs our help. I couldn’t argue with that so we went to get.