He and I would go back to our respective employers but our lives were in limbo until after the inquest. We didn’t want to sit around alone in our em...ty houses so we decided to go to a local historic garden for the afternoon. We walked around enjoying the floral displays. On one set of steps I started to slip. Frank’s hand caught me by the elbow. Somehow our hands ended up holding for the rest of the walk. I felt that I was holding Jack’s hand. Frank later admitted that he almost thought he was. If he had tried to kill Schaffer for threatening to expose his black market operation, then Rawling would surely be far more motivated if Schaffer succeeded in ruining the corrupt Admiral’s life. There was no way to arrest everyone involved and to uncover every smuggling network, Schaffer would be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life.He would sleep on it, he decided, enjoying the sensation of a warm, furry arm enclosing him. It would certainly be jarring to go back to the. Jackie turned over the king of hearts. Mindy turned the king of diamonds and blushed. Ruth Eleanor turned the king of Clubs. She turned to Pauline who turned the queen of the same suit. ‘Looks like your pussy pie is all mine.’ Liz looked to Lorene, ‘It looks as though you and me will be serving. Now it’s a question of whose cunt custard gets tasted by who.’ Lorene turned to Janet and showed her the queen of clubs. ‘I’m all yours. Your hairless merangue, so to speak.’ Janet checked Lorene’s. " "Including you!" Adam said, mussing up her hair. "You're getting apretty good glow!" Annie gave him a small slap on the chest. "Fuck you!" she laughed. "You know what," said Adam. " Now I gotta go to the can! I'll be backin a minute." "Okay," said Annie. "I'll be waiting." She flashed him that beautiful smile that just made him melt. He walkedupstairs to the bathroom, thinking about the things Mitch had said to him. Adam had never had to be the kind of guy who manipulated.