“If it’s not that, what is it?” Phil wondered.“I guess it was weird to see you with your first girlfriend,” she finally admitted.“I told y...u she wasn’t my girlfriend,” Phil pointed out.“But she would have been,” Hailey interrupted. “You two might still be together if you hadn’t moved from Cutter’s Crossing. I ... I saw the way you watched her all evening.”“I was just looking for a chance to talk to her for a couple of minutes,” Phil explained. “That’s all.”“She’s really pretty,” Hailey. ‘I am concerned that you are finding it difficult to discharge your obligations!’ Candace Bergman looked up from the document in her delicate hands to examine the young man standing before her.He was dressed in navy blue ill fitting suit and cheap shoes. It was the best outfit in his wardrobe and he hoped that Ms Bergman did not notice the gravy stain on the tie. In any case, he kept the jacket buttoned to disguise the small but noticeable green-grey blemish.She studied him carefully. A young. ” Coach told the VP and she contacted the police and Mrs. Roberts.I got the feeling that coach and the school VP wanted them to hang themselves. We were to be bait. They could not possibly use an entrapment defense. Mrs. Roberts told us that we did not have to do this. But with two cops hiding in our backyard and an audio link from our house we were sure we could be safe. Then assuming all would work as planned they would be out of our lives for good. That was the part that convinced us to bait. She saw me doing that and smiled. I got to say “Hi” only briefly, as she was actually being interviewed by one of our local news stations, and some evidentially hoity-toity types were chatting her up as well. Before I left though, she excused herself and came over to me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and thanked me for coming. “It means a lot to me,” she said. Apparently her live-in boyfriend had not shown up, I found out later. I emailed her my thoughts on her work, and she appreciated that to.