If I lured him out to the park and I could get in the house, I might find something to use against him. After passing the house twice with no sign of ...ctivity, I pretended to be calling my dog and walked up the drive and around the side into the backyard.My heart raced as I stepped onto the back deck and looked into the kitchen. There was a laptop on the island counter. I tried the slider and it moved, but only about an inch before hitting a stop. As I saw the broom handle in the slot, it hit. The china set probably cost him less than a hundred dollars. The favors cost him nothing."So what do you need pop, a loan? How much?" No, not a loan, I need a job for a short time that's all. Maybe driving one of your trucks or something." My father had retired at half pay from the Navy, but his pension wasn't nearly enough for all the living expenses. He had a little piece of this and a little piece of that, but nothing that produced a steady income stream."Pop, I might have just the thing for. At least I hoped they wouldn't.So we chose a weekend when Kim's folks were away again, and got together Friday night to transform me. This was a good time also because the guys in our crowd had taken a road trip to see a concert in Pennsylvania, so I had no worries about them seeing me. Kim conspired with Melissa's two best friends, Jeannie and Kate, to lure Melissa to the rendezvous, a golf course in a nearby neighborhood, where we went occasionally to drink and make out. Her plan was to have. This time, besides Janet and Jason, there were eight bodyguards plus Hector to drive the wagon. Everybody was sure that Janet was going on a shopping spree once she got to town, so Jason was going prepared for the worst.Their time in town was spent mostly in one of the two general stores where Janet seemed to purchase at least one of everything in both stores. It was a good thing that Jason's credit was good because it did not take long for him to run out of cash!Buzzard Flats had grown large.