Tiffani placed the food on the counter and reached for her purse, she pulled out her wallet and began counting out money for the food. She counted out...$80.00 and then looked at Chad and said, “I don’t seem to have enough for the tip, I’m so sorry.”“That’s okay Miss …”“Tiffani, please call me Tiffani.”“That’s okay Tiffani, I think I will be just fine,” and with a timid, but knowing smile he began to walk towards the door.Tiffani reached out and touched his arm, “I’m sure there is something else. Another was a Hispanic man who seemed to be distracted by Linda. The third was a small pale-skinned man who was the only one in the group wearing a ball cap. The fourth was a woman with red hair cut in a bob and intense green eyes.I realized that this must be the tactical team Dalton called for. I knew they were supposed to show up here, but I didn’t realize Lawson would be included. If he was leading the team, he wouldn’t settle for anything less than my hide regarding the Lockdown, if only to. We planned the first cookout of the season. Jason, Lisa, Mom, Dad, Jake, Mindy, Eric and Frank along with both of their wives, Victor, his daughter Allie and the four homeless girls were to be there. Joey, Janice, Becky, Lisa Brownly, Sly, Erica and Glenda (the infamous north six) were home from college for the weekend and were invited along with Mable and Mike, Eric’s secretary and her husband.Sunday morning we had a light breakfast and then prepared all the foods that we normally had at one. “Do you remember our first walk? The first time I held your hand and you hugged me?”“Absolutely. You were shaking like a leaf! But you got over it.”“I was scared out of my mind. I knew exactly where it would lead if I hugged you; what my body wanted. And that scared the hell out of me. But you loved me and helped me get to the point where I no longer worry about what happened when I was thirteen.”“I’m glad I could help you,” I said.“For a High School guy, you were amazing. Hell, for any age. I.