she will have to meet me again . jimmy had two already made for me and was holding them up when i walked back into the kitchen . the other man perched forward in the passenger seat , head turned between baker and st cloud , two fingers placed on the glove box like he was feeling for a pulse . from various corners they came and gathered around the three men . we have to start organizing things . let no harm come to her , especially not the poison that drips from your tongue . '' 