"It's been a long time and what pretty young thing you'veturn out to be dear, but you don't remember me do you?" Uummm," said Kyle, racking his brain ...ut knowing her. "I'm sorry?"It's ok dear, and you used to call me Aunt Betty when you were young,"said Mrs. Baker. "I used to do your hair and makeup for your dancerecitals for a few years when you were maybe seven and eight, but then Iretired." Oh yes," replied Kyle, vaguely remembering her at his house now. "Don'tmind me Mrs. Baker, I have a. “Well, this is unexpected,” he says.“It is for you,” Rory says. “Jill is here on my request. She’s even brought a little friend to join in later.” She refers to the bag in the neighbor’s hand.Jill holds up a black paper bag and smiles, “Just as you requested.”“Just drop it anywhere,” Rory says. “We won’t need it for a little bit. Ready to jump in?”“Hell yeah,” Jill says, stripping off her clothes. “The cookies you brought were fucking delicious too, Rory. You’re one hell of a baker.”Rory smiles. Every day, mom would make me eat a little more by forcing me, but today, it was exactly the opposite. I was a little worried about my mom’s mood. I did not know what was in her mind. But I was a little tense now. I did not dare to ask her what was bothering her.I took the food on a plate and sat on the sofa beside her. My presence was immaterial to mom. There was no day when she would not serve me a juice or milkshake while having breakfast.I asked her, “Mom, juice or milkshake.”She was least. Judge McAllister gave us two weeks without cases, so we spent most of that time in bed.Our next case was chasing an inmate what escaped from Federal Prison and was known to be headed toward El Paso. The assumption was that he was trying to reach Mexico, so Judge McAllister sent us to head him off. The road to El Paso was in real good shape, so we took off lickety-split in the Oldsmobile. We made the trip in two days, at least a day faster than by any other means of transportation.I put on my.