" a ah yes maim my um girlfriend was thinking about this dress " he said with a slight panic in voice. " we'll young man your girl friend is a lucky g...l is she here with you will get her size " she said smiling crow he'd to match the boy size she could see that he was obviously shaking and had slight tears in his eyes. She reached over and touched his shoulder to try and comfort him. " ah no maim I was going to surprise her with it but she's exactly my size and height " a obvious lie but the. She introduced me to a lovely couple, Jim and Heidi Weiss. He was in his mid 30’s with an average building for a blue collar guy, a shade over 6 feet, black hair with very little grey and a full mustache. She was a firecracker. 5 feet 1, only about 80 pounds of her with very high, curled blonde hair and a lot of makeup, probably about 5 years younger than her husband. Jim was a private developer and was looking for a law firm to do business with. While business was the initial topic, Emma. We'll get you next time." Looking forward to it, Lieutenant." Why so formal? You weren't calling me Lieutenant when you were talking trash last night." I don't think those names would be appropriate in the office, do you?" No. I believe you are right about that," I said. "Got the OAR sheets?" Got 'em right here," Sergeant McKinstry said as he handed me the Overnight Activity Report.I took the reports to my desk and read through them and as usual found little of importance. The benefit of living. " But," she told me, "if you act like you aren't interested, and justrelax, very often it will come to you of its own accord." I sat down ather desk, with the box in front of me, and took a sip of my tea, nowdecidedly lukewarm. "Well," I lied outloud, "maybe it wasn't importantafter all." Among the scattered papers were photos of me as a child,her son, before the change before I became - suddenly I remembered theword that had been whispered in my ear. I put my hand on what I assumedwas the top.