CHAPTER 19
On the plane, Killian told Dolly the story of how he’d become a Star Blue, of his being in the military, and of serving during the Civil War. He told her about his ranch in El Paso, about meeting his best friend Kipling Smith, and about Zack Smith’s ranch in Virginia. He also told Doli how he had gone after Lupan when he took to killing the despicable people in charge of the Indian boarding schools, and of his later involvement with the team investigating the CIA, and the Mafia’s connection to that organization. He finished by telling her about Vietnam, and the death of his friend Connor Boyle.
He leaned back in his seat as if exhausted by telling her what had passed in his life over the past one hundred years. She didn’t say anything for over a minute, and then took his hand
