I had no idea that anyone, let aloneStan, felt that way about me! Mom merely smiled and told me to get askirt and blouse on. Megan helped me change, t...en we sat having a sodajust talking about Eric."They say he tried to rape another girl but she got away. They said thatshe was so scared that she would not testify against him. If she had... " I don't think he'll be doing that for a long time do you?"Just then Stan rang the doorbell. I let him in, and without a word hegrabbed me, held me tight,. Filthy rich.With his dad’s passing, it was all Linc’s. He was the last in his direct family. His dad owned a large portfolio of companies but he maintained a low profile, preferring to let strong local management run each business since they understood it better than he did. He only stepped in when absolutely necessary. He compensated top performers well, and they supported his anonymity. Linc wanted the same support from his friends, and they kept his secrets.Linc scanned the room to find. Willie, my oldest, was seventeen this year and more level-headed, although he still let Bobby talk him into things that got them both in trouble. "Are you gonna come down to the park too, Ethan?" Bobby asked him. "Bobby, Ethan is going to help me with a couple things first. But he'll be down there in a little bit. Now scoot!" I told him, hurrying him out the door. When I heard the front door slam again, I turned back to my busybody. "So Ethan, did you find anything else of interest in my. Aaron got down by the right front fender and drew his pistol. I felt the shotgun pull free of its mounting clip just as I got down to a crouch, and I pulled it around to my shoulder as I was scanning the backstop: that is, the area beyond the shooter. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the ambulance driver go down, with blood splattering from some wound. I focused on the shooter, who was standing by the open driver’s door, with his left side facing toward me. As he got off two more shots at the.