“The girl,” said Rory, “Go!”
“Now wait a min—” began Halverson, but it was too late, the big man had already thrown open the door and piled out, followed by Elliott and Cameron, who had returned from the back of the store. Coup, meanwhile, seeing that they had the situation in hand, quickly hustled around the counter—cradling the creature—where he stepped over the clerk-thing even while disregarding Tucker and pushed the door to the storage area open, on the floor of which he placed the animal before snatching the key labelled ‘STORAGE’ from the rack and locking the room tight. Then he hurried back to the front of the store, tossing the key slightly and catching it as he passed the President—saying ‘f**k you’ without actually saying a word.
“Halverson!” barked Tucker after a moment’s hes
