Like a child who'd been summoned by the call of his favorite food, Lee whirled to look at the source of the voice and found himself gazing at a blonde woman who was suddenly there -- and looking none too bad, too. There was something about her that drew and kept his attention to her.
Or maybe it was Hester, who was growing ever more suspicious and intrigued at the same time by this new character. She had completely missed her arrival -- and what did she mean that she knew the but they didn't? How did she know their name and who was Lyra? She turned to Lee for his decision.
But well, Lee wasn't one to turn down the invitation of a beautiful woman. "I do have a minute, Ma'am, an hour if y'like." Turning to Lawrence, he asked the mechanic for the same courtesy before he started towards her, removing his hat to comb his hair back and flatten it again with his hat.
"How can I be of service, Ma'am?" he asked as he finished his approach.