Trace tensed, wondering how the others would respond to Ash's words.
"That's no way to speak to the new boss," Frank frowned at the man below.
Shifting the rope off his shoulder and tossing one end down into the pit, Trace thought he should demonstrate his good faith up front.
"New boss?" Ash grimaced. "You're as crazy as he is. We'll die several times over for betraying the big guy."
"We'll be long gone before he gets here," Frank assured him as the two men in the pit briefly struggled over who got to be taken out first. Ash lost.
When both men were out of the sinkhole, Trace gave them water and some food, something he felt incredibly bad about not leaving them when he put them down there.
He also handed them all the money left in his pocket with a grateful smile.
