Marie seemed to be getting on well with the other two troopers. Raven couldn’t hear what she was saying as she was leaning out of the window, but one of the troopers laughed suddenly and he heard her laugh too.
Hardly glancing at the licence papers, the trooper returned them. “Your wife, I guess?” he asked.
Raven nodded.
“Okay, bud, on your way.”
Raven engaged his gears and the car slid past the barricade. A sudden thought had struck him. He’d got to be damn careful with this girl. What a fool he’d been not to have remembered!
She said excitedly, “They’re looking for Public Enemy No. 1. A man called Raven. He’s supposed to be hiding in the town. Isn’t it exciting?”
“Yeah,” he said, with a little grin, “but I’ve got some news for you that’ll startle you. I was crazy to have brought you, sister.”
Her eyes opened. “Why?”
He continued to drive. “Ever heard of the Mann Act?”
“Why, yes? What’s that got to do with it?”