"How did you catch me?" She said that as she swung both legs around the tree trunk and shinnied the last eight or nine feet down. She looked uncomfort...ble standing there in front of me."I saw you moving out of the corner of my eye when Trudie stepped away that first time." I had seen some movement at that time, but hadn't known for sure that someone was up in that tree until I walked back to the clearing."I was trying to be careful, but I couldn't see anything from where I was hid." She said it. ”“Fine!” Jenkins barked. Then he unlocked the handcuffs from the desk and me. “But if he escapes or hurts you to do so, that’s completely on you. I’ve warned you multiple times.”“Yes, you have, Officer,” Mr. Van Dusen said. “Now, if you do not mind, I would like to speak to my client alone.”Jenkins grumbled something under his breath and left, closing the door softly after him.Mr. Van Dusen waited for several long heartbeats and then turned to me. “I have spoken to both Officers. They have. ’ ‘So you’re approaching a more mature phase in your life. Tom, when you were eighteen to twenty-five and you went out one night and, shall we say, ‘got lucky’, what did you do the next day?’ ‘I bragged to my buddies about it.’ ‘Well, Tom, when I get lucky with a younger woman—that would be one under fifty—I tend to keep it to myself. You cross a threshold in life, I think after the big five-o at which you stop bragging about accomplishments and when you do something, shall we say, special, you. Tonight, he knew that it was his cue to leave. “Sorry, guys, I cannot stick around,” he said after emptying his food. “I really want to take Katherine out for a drink before it gets too late.” Robert cleared the food from the table and tidied up as Juliana walked over to Andrew and gave him a friendly hug and a peck on the cheek. “Thanks for all of your help. It was invaluable!” she said. “And make sure that you two have a great time.” Robert walked over to him and shook his hand. “Cheers,.