for the first time in what , for want of any better word , must be called his life , death found himself looking at a stare that he found hard to return . i have a friend-he 's parked just up the street-who is going to help you do something about that , ace . she had no idea they were that close . the last time he saw dallas , he told her the truth about them-which i had forgotten from the day at the farmhouse . 