Croker,” John said, “I think we have already established that we aren’t the police. Why do you think we need proof?”“It wasn’t our fault,�...� Millsy squealed, writhing in pain, “It was that idiot Lenny’s idea to derail the train, he swore to us there would never be a passenger train at the same time as the job. If we knew we would never have even considered this job, you gotta believe us.”“Millsy, shut the fuck up,” Croker ground out.“You don’t want him to shut up,” Miguel said, “Tell me more,. "She spoke softly and her voice was very soothing to me. As I said earlier, I had seen her around but I had never taken a close look at her. She was quite attractive with her jet-black hair, smooth dark skin, and those nearly black eyes.As she talked she looked directly into my eyes for just a brief moment then she looked down, almost as if she were ashamed. Then she whispered, "Would you like to go upstairs with me?"I was a little shocked that she asked me to go upstairs, especially after such. My mental fixation about hormones and myappearance was broken as I remade the bed. The calendar in the bedroomread 2001, as did the teen girl magazine I had read? Seeing it made merealise that whenever Mattie mentioned Laura she sounded somehowsorrowful.Mulling over my question I made myself a cup of tea and sat next to therange with a book. Mattie was out until the early afternoon and gotback with her face glowing from the cold. Sticking her head round thedoor she demanded, "Get the coffee on. So we never knew what we would be doing on any given night."I had never worked with Jake Learner, but I had passed him in the halls. I knew that he had a wife and a couple of young children. Why they had chose someone with a young family was probably to bring some maturity to the Unit. At least thats how I saw it at the time.Learner was good looking in the gym rat kind of way. He filled out his uniform nicely I admit, If the Sheriff's office ever needed a face for the posters he would do fine..