Perhaps it had been thunder? But she hadn't heard any additional bangs yet, as one would expect if it was from a storm. "Goddamned bad ear!" she thoug...t.She finally decided to call 911. Even though Muriel had worked with the police department for years, she was nervous - she'd never had cause to call 911 before.Pete Riordan was several miles away, in the middle of mediating what had been a noisy and near violent fight between a husband and wife. When his shoulder mounted radio squawked he made. I knew he wanted to pin me down about how I knew Luke would get tested. But he knew the only way I could guarantee that was to fix the system, and I was trying to give him some plausible deniability. I think he finally got that.Tami asked the question that I knew everyone was thinking. "And what if he's still using?" Then I guess I hang up my white hat and six-shooters and stop trying to save the world."But you'll still save cheerleaders, right?" Allie asked."I'll always save cheerleaders.". "I thought about that for a bit. He was right, I realized. I'd fight to protect Janny or Erica. I'd do whatever I could to protect George too. I might hesitate but I'd do it. Shelly, Sandra, Ellen and Nancy too.I looked at Uncle Dar and said, "Thats why you came into the pool. Not just because I'm your friend." Yes," he said. "No hesitation or thought. I saw you floating face down and that was enough. I've never been so afraid in my life as I was while I waited in the pool for the medics to. ’ She eyed me, bouncing on my heels in my hiking boots. ‘Looks like you’re good to go. Bathroom’s over there – there’s a shower if you want one later. I’ll just go let your doctor know you’re awake.’ The bathroom was a shock. I looked nothing like myself in the mirror. Or, more accurately, I looked something like my Fereldan self. I’d lost some more weight – not enough to be unhealthy, but enough to uncover the fact that I might have a bit of a girlish figure one day. It changed the shape of.