`` they will come to see what she was doing . `` the map is mine , '' he said very quietly , so that only he could hear . maybe she found out about one of his girls . he needed to go after the hildas trail . lucy took a deep breath and raced through the waterfall . felt his chin ... and the faint scar that raised the skin there . `` you 're going to have to shoot the gator . '' and felt myself begin to shake . he kept his eyes closed , savoring just holding her . 