By the time reinforcements began to arrive, dusk had fallen. Soon there were too many official vehicles to readily be concealed where Perry had parked, but they managed to get them all at least off the road and partly hidden behind brush. As dusk deepened, that might do.
Perry filled in the two Alamo deputies, the state patrol officer, and a homeland security guy on what he had observed and guessed so far. He didn’t mention Ike. Somehow, that didn’t seem germane. If, by some odd chance, Ike really was the mysterious El Feo, he didn’t want to know and did not want anyone else to make the connection until it had to be accepted.
Before they started walking on toward the row of houses, Badger whined. She sensed something was going to happen and wanted to take her part in it.
Mike Martinez,
