But these days the cops trace stuff theydon't used to. Blood, hair, DNA. They gettin' too smart. So we gotta besmarter. No evidence."He hung the medal...ion around Tom's neck and loosely fastened the cabletie."Don't want you shakin' it off," he said. Tom looked up at him, puzzled,but now rather disconcerted. Gabriel sensed the way defiance wascrumbling into fear, and savoured the moment before continuing."So we don't kill you, 'cause we don't want no body, but we don't wantyou talkin' neither. So. Because of all the new contracts I had recently won for our company, which equated to a shit-load of money for the Boss, I was given a promotion which came with a substantial pay raise. Unfortunately, it also had its drawbacks too. The new job meant that I would have a lot of traveling to do, which translated into being away from home regularly. Sally was happy for me about the promotion, but I could also tell she was upset about the prospect of me being away for extended periods of time. I had. "Sorry."She waves away the apology. "Nah, you're right. He's been in the doghouse ever since. Today, the appeasement strategy is a Disney movie." Okay," he again turns towards his house. "Too bad, he's good company." Hey, Mom can't stay mad at him forever, right?"Ramon chuckles and glances back over his shoulder. "No, but if she's anything like my wife, he'll never be allowed to forget it." The idea seems to please him for some reason, and disappearing around the corner of his house, he laughs. Trahern is a very nice young man." I'm sure he is, but do you like him?" Of course I like him." Okay, but do you really like him? Does he make your heart skip a beat, your pulse flutter? Is he all you think about when he's away, what he's doing, is he thinking of you?" No," Jane said looking down, "I've never felt like that." So you two are just friends?" Cynara asked."He has made suggestions that he might be on the cusp of proposing," she demurely looked down."But if he did, you wouldn't say.