"Was she so sure that I cheated on her that she had to go looking for the final proof of it? " No, Tom. You have that wrong. She did it because she kn...w the truth and wanted to find out who was doing this to you. She took the risk because she loves you."It was after ten o'clock when Zack finally left Tom's room. Zack had filled Tom in on what he and the DA had planned for David Ransom. The DA was sure, based on what they already knew, that Bill Werner would roll over on Ransom. So all that. But, when she looked at her return ticket, she noticed she was already scheduled to return home tomorrow. She and Phyllis came here together and you would expect them to return together.“Alicia and I don’t understand why Eric, Phyllis, and Heather were scheduled to fly home yesterday, but Alicia was scheduled to fly home with me, tomorrow. Do you know why things were set up that way?”“Sort of, Jeb. When I made the flight arrangements, that seemed odd to me, also; so I asked Sam about it.“Sam. I was day dreaming, admiring your body. Normal things," she said. I tried to ignore her as I finished up, managing not to cut myself in the process. Maybe I took it slower than I usually did because Luci was paying rapt attention to almost every move my hand made as I scraped my face clean of stubble."Tell you what," I said, looking at her again, "this weekend I will do you." She smiled at me and blushed, her face turning rosy and her nipples hardening. Fay had been watching the whole exchange. She sat beside me and leaned up against me slidin' her arm under mine. "Richie Dinken, you are a very special man. I can't imagine how things would have gone around here if it hadn't been for you. Somehow, just paying you money for what you're doing doesn't seem nearly enough."I shrugged my shoulders and said, "You been more than fair to me, Beth. I sure ain't got no complaints. I think you're about the nicest person I ever met. And the prettiest to boot."She smiled. "You really think I'm.