she pushed jeff off to the side and smiled at me . being on the road was hard , and for this long and this far from home , we all worried he might slip . his eyes shot to my left hand then back to my face . he tossed the coffee cup in the trash . he has it all-the brains , the skill , the right men , the right equipment . i was screwed no matter which way you looked at it . charles asked when she reached him . let me find something in the kit to protect that . 