We ran as fast as we could and reached the others just as they surrounded Trichloris.
“Troy and Victoria,” said Trichloris with a big smile on his face when he saw us arrive. “Thank you so much for coming, I would have really hated to do this next part without you.” Okay, was it just me or had crazy old man Trichloris gotten even crazier than before?
“Why are you still here?” asked Francesca as she shot Vic a disapproving look. “The plan was that you take Troy and leave.”
“I know that,” she returned, “but he insisted that we come help you guys.”
“Then you should have forced him to leave,” Francesca reinforced.
“You obviously don’t know him like I do,” replied Vic with a short laugh. “You can’t force Troy to do anything.” Atta girl! She really did know me.
“Can we get back to the matt
