" A girl withfreckles and hair all over the place asked."My name is Zoe. Why do I get the feeling you girls were waiting for meat the gates?" I said."...ell I'm Sara. I'm a friend of your sisters and she called me on amobile this morning to tell me you were coming to school like this. Meand my girlfriends have instructions to look after you at school for aslong as you are in our girl's group." Girl's group?" Yeah, since you've always been nice to us girls when we're consideredthe school geeks.". Since the force was predominantly male, that made me a minority in the sisterhood. We formed a support group, official and otherwise, for each other. I was very happy when Kamsy made detective. I know it's a minor consolation, but it seemed less dangerous, somehow. Patrol officers are much more likely to happen upon a crime in progress, and as Kamsy can attest, sometimes that leads to gunfire. Detectives are normally assigned to a crime that has already occurred. They solve cases, using. I opened my eyes to find Dallas standing over me. ‘Dallas, where is Grant, your not here alone are you?’ I asked. Now I know a dog cannot talk, but after all, it is a natural reaction. Then from a distance, I could hear someone calling Dallas and running up the beach to us was Grant. Out of breath, he finally manages to say how sorry he was that Dallas has bothered me again. I told Grant that I was enjoying Dallas’s company and welcomed the distraction. I sat up and offered Grant half my. They took me right back to 'The Fuzzy Monkey', so I knew had been on the right track. This time, with my new escorts, I felt a lot more comfortable about plunging into that frenzied environment. After we entered, my helpers left me alone while they began searching through all the merchandise on display. They meandered from one clothes rack to another, grabbing a shirt here and a skirt there, trading comments as they grazed. I followed along behind, content to stay in the background and watch.