"Megan turned her gaze towards the other officer. Sergeant Mike Collins wasclose to retirement age and had been on the streets for over twenty years.H... had a reputation as a tough, no nonsense cop, and he returned her gazewith an expression that was unreadable."I want to make one thing clear, Officer Lauer. I will not tolerate anydisruptions in this division. I've made it plain to every officer herethat you have a legal right to be here, and that any harassment will bedealt with swiftly and. The following week my school routine was altered very slightly. Dad would drop me off at school in the mornings and I would join him at his work after school. This was a lot more fun being at mom’s work after school because the guys in the warehouse where my dad worked as a foreman were much more engaging.One week after my mother’s departure, as dad and I sat on the porch after dinner I summoned up the courage to ask him why his relationship with my mother had always been so bad. He sat for a. What was wrong?Carrie's astute eye took in the peculiar way her son was holding the magazine across his lap. Instantly, she remembered him having done that once before when he was a teen-ager. She had been wearing a two-piece bathing suit by the lake... and suddenly the top had come down while she was swimming. Having lost it in the water, she had to return to the shore half-naked, and Jamie had watched her curiously the whole time, until she had finally gotten a blouse on. After she had. . wait whenyou think about it, a witch is a bitch with powers. So I guess I'm abitch too. I know what you did." Melissa was facing Tyler. "And I knowwhat you were about to do. You all deserve to be punished and that iswhat I'm going to do."Now looking right at Tyler's eyes, Melissa said with a cool malevolencein her voice. "What you did was immature and mean and you need to growup. I'll make sure that you'll grow up all over again. You know, I likeyour little sister she is so sweet and I was.