You must be Lara! How ya’ doin’ today? I’m Johnny… Johnny Rodriquez. Nice to meet ya’.” Johnny had already figured me out, and accepted me...as someone he could “do business with.” And that sounded good to me. “Yo, Lara… ‘you from around here?” “No, actually I am from a town just outside of Boston—Framingham.” “Yeah? I know Framingham, Lara. I used to hang out with a buddy from Natick at the 4’s Sports Pub in Framingham... great burgers! Those were some good times, Lara. I’m from Brooklyn,. They both looked to see the two girls looking in. "Dad," Carol, the older daughter said hesitantly, "Can we have a word with Pat?" Sure, sweetie," answered her father. "Would you like me to leave?" No Dad," the younger Stephanie broke in. "Please stay."The couple sat up on the couch as the girls approached. Mike slid over to allow Carol and Stephanie to sit on either side of Pat."Pat, we know you're going on an undercover assignment," began Carol. "We thought," she stopped for a second, "We. Jake knew that he could find somebody who'd let him sleep on their couch.He called Diane and told her the bad news."Wow, Jake, I'm sorry. But this cloud has a silver lining. I talked to Ellie this morning. Her roommate Abigail had to drop out of school because her mom is sick. Ellie's worried that she'll lose her apartment unless she finds a new roommate. I'm sure that you can stay with her until things get settled. In fact, I'm sure that she'd love for you to move in permanently. Give her a. A man was standing there who could have been the twin of my companion,and a woman knelt at his feet. He forced her to stand, and a rope waspulled down and a loop brought over her head. I realized that theplatform was a gallows. The man spoke, "Prudence Edwards, you havebeen found guilty of conspiring with the forces of Darkness, andsentence to hang until dead. Do you have any last words to say beforeGod before His judgment is carried out upon you?"She looked up at him with plaintive eyes. .