"The Freshman" was longer than my first two novels, which was not what I intended when I started writing. As happened with my other two previous novel..., the project took on a life of its own and demanded that I continue to explore the lives of my characters. That inner pressure even forced me to add four chapters after I thought I had concluded the novel at chapter 32.The reader will notice that the personalities of Jason and Cecilia and how they relate to each other are very different at the. He'll probably take me to the drug store to pick out lubricants and suggest his favorite scents and glide-ability. We'll use it to bond like never before." She was giggling now! She was seriously giggling at me about the subject of anal sex. I had to get this conversation back to neutral ground, somehow."Well, if you can tear yourself away from making fun of me, I'll remind you that my tongue and fingers just made you forget your home address, and here you are making light of me. You must think. " Nice euphemism," she said. "Just a child molester is now called a child sex offender. It makes it sound so much nicer." You're not buying that crap Federici is spewing are you?" I asked. "I heard he crashed a car, killed a couple of his friends." You heard right," she said. "That's not why you're here." Then exactly why am I here?" I asked. "Detective, you know what I'm trying to do. I can't make it go away so I'm trying to limit the damage as much as possible."She held up her. Leaving the Mercedes in the garage he drove to Susan's Bellevue office. Driving slowly through the parking lot he made sure Susan's gray BMW wasn't there. With a sinking heart, he went looking for the address he found on her rolodex; John Stickner's home.He found it in a wooded area in the exclusive Medina area. The grounds were surrounded with an eight foot red brick fence and heavily shadowed with towering fir trees. As he drove slowly by he saw Susan's BMW parked beside the garage where it.