at least the masked freak had been of some use to him . he stopped at the table and looked down at both of us . `` give me a minute , '' he said , wiping the sweat from his brow . he just sat in his cruiser for a while after that . get away with you , and let me get on here now , or strange things will be happening to your dinner . she points behind me , and i follow her finger right over to molly . 