* -- * -- *- jorge laquidera was getting quite impatient.-it had been almost three weeks since he had sent out the nine men to try to locate ramon and they still hadnt found a trace of him.-if they didnt find him by the end of the week , he would take some more drastic measures.-he wasnt sure just what , but he wanted results not today ; not even yesterday ; but last week.-if his men found out that they could just up and quit whenever they wanted to , hed soon have nobody working for him any more.-his boss wouldnt like that either.-and making him unhappy was not an option.-carl forrester would soon be telling him if he couldnt do his job , he would find someone who could.-his boss had sent one of his men , faron whitehead , up to check on things so he knew he was getting impatient , also.-whitehead was traveling in style , too.-he had driven up to owensboro from houston in a long , black lincoln town car.-it almost looked like a limousine as long as it was .