I felt the counter in the kitchen hit me from behind. I wrapped my hands behind me and felt it. I knew there were only a couple feet to the screen doo... outside.?Listen chick, you either come with us nicely or we’ll do it for you the hard way,? barked the other one.I suddenly panicked from his loud outburst and jolted out the door. I tore past it and into the backyard. My eyes couldn’t adjust to the dark. There was barely any light coming from the windows as I ran around the house and out to the. .. shall we say, escort provider... was released from prison having served twenty months for tax evasion. Do you know of whom I speak?" Heidi Fleiss," John said."Of course. You probably remember the uproar that was caused at the time over her 'little black book' of clients. In the end, the only name of note that was revealed was Charlie Sheen, which didn't actually surprise a lot of people. What was not known is what happened to the full, unabridged list of clients that was never revealed to. "Dawn sounded shy and distant. "I miss you too. I'm sorry it took me so long to call." It's okay, it's okay. Anything... just to hear your voice. Tell me, where are you? Can you come over? Can I pick you up somewhere?"Dawn dissolved into laughter. There was no background noise this time to obscure her voice. "Gosh, Laura, it sounds like you're eager to see me." Eager isn't the word."Dawn played coy. "Sure you don't just want my little black kitty?"Laura played back. "What if I do? Does that. I appreciate youhelping us with the groceries, but Sophia's not supposed to invitefriends over when we're not here --" Hi, Mom and Dad. It's me, Tyler."Both of them stared at me wordlessly for a long moment, and I broke thesilence by saying: "What about if I go put this stuff in the freezerbefore it melts?" What did you -- you used that machine, didn't you?" Mom said. "I thoughtthey'd fenced it off." There's a --" I began, but Dad finally found his missing words,and roared:"Why would you do.