"Yeah, boss?" I finally got a valid warrant, but I'm stuck in traffic and it could take me another hour to get there. It's your call. If you want to m...ke the entry now, you have my blessing. I'll be there with the warrant as fast as I can." The SWAT boys have been getting a little antsy, and it would be nice to have a wee bit of light when we clear the place," Mark reasoned before adding softly, "Hey boss, I promise that everyone will know that it's important to take them alive." Thanks, Mark.". Of course insomnia and paranoia followed in its wake. I tried to convince myself that I’d seen a fox, a cat, anything other than that awful fucking thing … Every time I closed my eyes and tried to sleep I’d see it again, I’d see that grinning, evil countenance, and feel the sadness that its filthy, contaminated contact with my brain caused. Whatever it did inside my head — whether it fed somehow and that I nourished it in some way, or even if it was just fucking with me for its own perverse. We’ll be sure and attend your next performance in the lounge later.”“Go right ahead, Mr. Murchison. I hope you, Catherine and Greta can work it out so all of you can be happy together.”“Thank you, Jerry Helton ... Thank you for more reasons than I can possibly tell you in public.”I walked into the dining room with Sherry on one arm and Greta on my other. There were maybe twenty couples already sitting at tables scattered around the large room, and all of them stood to clap their hands.Sherry. "Sister Gabriel, you have worked a miracle in turning around your team since last year's season score of 16 to 1 and a draw. What has been the major factor in this turnaround?" Well," she replied as the microphone switched to her, "I certainly can't claim a miracle. We leave those up to the Boss," she said with a smile. But," she went on, "I also believe that God helps those who help themselves. Every girl in our team was determined to give her best, and tonight they were rewarded with a win..