ion could have defeated both of them in a single , one on one match , being shades stronger than both of them . `` i can hear you out there , lot , '' i said through the seam of the door . on the other side of the truck , a cop was talking to a red-haired man who was wearing a white t-shirt and suspenders because he had a belly and no ass . nick paused once more at the barns great red door . but he 'd managed to hold out . 