.. she has become a welcome comfort...He rustles his newspaper on the pretext of turning the page; really, he wants the girl's attention, and she does...not disappoint, she turnsher head to look up at him, hair poised in mid-stroke across her lip he smiles down at her and rests the paper in his lap to pet her softsilky locks, running his arm down the side of her body, her exposed skin cool to his touch she snuggles against him closing her book, tossing it lightly onto the brother's back."Hey!". *****After they'd cleared the table and had a little lunch themselves, Maggietold Neil that Clarissa wanted to see him in her room. Neil went up thestairs, still irritated, and hoped she had calmed down."You called ma'am?" Hello Juliette, come in." Clarissa was sitting sideways at her desk,leaning on it."Thank you ma'am." He curtseyed a little. Clarissa put her hand to hermouth to stop herself laughing. Neil stood and looked at her with raisedeyebrows"I know, I know. It's just so funny." Are. She always comes back, he thought. --Nora got in the car with Chelsea who had parked down the road from the club. They sat silently for long moments. “Sorry,” Chelsea said, “I'm not going to let the dirt bag ruin my mood,” she added before she turned on the radio then looked up at Nora. “Maybe this is a bad time,” Nora suggested just before Chelsea put her hand on her face. Chelsea had known from the moment she saw Nora that the other woman was a virgin as far as being with women. Chelsea. M., and the same deputy that had arrested Edi was assigned the call. As he looked at the dispatch on his computer, he wondered about the name, but after a moment, remembered.Oh, great. I wonder how he managed to get himself put in the hospital. Dispatch says that night shift responded to a routine call from the emergency room concerning a patient with multiple knife wounds, but when the deputy arrived, the injured person wouldn’t talk to the deputy at all. Now, the doctor in charge of the case.