She was naked with spread legs. He approached the bed with silent steps. His shoes were downstairs so he was moving soundless wearing nothing but bare...feet. Todd climbed on bed making Melanie to jump in surprise. ‘Jesus you scared me!’ she said touching her big belly. ‘Sorry I didn’t mean to. How is my little fire man today?’ Todd asked while kissing her belly. ‘Your fire girl is on fire!’ Melanie replied and opened her legs wider. ‘Is she?’ The man went down and buried his face in the soft. He was an old friend I knew from high school. I asked why he was at the Courthouse so late. He said he was pulling duty to clean out the jail of lesser offenders to make room for DWI-DUI offenders expected because of the holiday weekend.I told him about my last transport. He asked if I knew her and I admitted that while I didn’t, I kind of felt sorry for her since this was her first arrest. He asked why she was arrested and I told her it was for traffic warrants.John was a good guy. He was also. ”Having an assigned task seemed to calm the mother significantly. She replied, “Okay, I can do that.”Turning to the girl, Ed said, “Answer their questions exactly. Don’t embellish your answers. The truth is exciting enough. Okay?”Nodding seriously, the girl answered, “Sure.”Satisfied that both of them were ready to deal with the police, Ed stepped forward to fill them in on the basic details. He pulled out his ID and held it up for them as they stepped out of the car. Eyes glancing over the. Through the window, curtainsstill open the darkness of a late November morning was just starting togrey with the hint of the forthcoming dawn. I slipped from the warmth ofthe bed, - our bed and gathered up my discarded clothes, hardlyremembering undressing so that we could make love again. Dressed only inthe long virginal white slip that clung to my body I gathered up myclothes and slipped silently out of the bedroom to begin my typical workday routine. 40 minutes latter I was dressed and ready.