So, he hadn’t imagined it. He wondered if he should protest Grace’s involvement. Likely Annie would take that as an admission that he cared about Grace’s welfare, and that would be dangerous, no matter what happened here.
“As I was telling your—” Nick began.
“Oh, I heard you jes fine. Got the volume turned up on the hearing aids.” She laughed, a strange cackling sound, as she motioned to Mitch. “Get in there and get the guns and ammo. Leave the rest of it.”
“Aw hell, we’re not gonna—”
“Shut up. If brains was dynamite, you couldn’t blow yer nose!” Annie looked at Nick sadly. “These are the kind of sons that woman produced.”
Nick watched closely as Mitch seemed to disappear into the rock face. Apparently there was a sideways opening that was flush with the rocks. He heard the sound of a
