A new troop appeared. The pink ribbon on their costumes proclaimed them as under-age. I knew one of the dancers was thirteen because I had been follow...ng her since she was identified as an early bloomer at age nine. Her skills in dance, conveying emotion, and showing off her body had improved considerably over the raw need she first displayed. I still had to debate with myself over the ethics of the care and development of early bloomers. There were very few of these girls, so it has never. “You ready for a sandwich? Remember there’s soda in the fridge.”“There’s still beer, also.”“You can’t drink beer while I’m driving. Don’t you know anything ‘bout the law?”“I didn’t say I was gonna drink one. I just said they were there.”Curtis scrambled into the back and opened the refrigerator.“You want a soda?” he yelled.“An RC,” Titus yelled back.Curtis popped open the soda and handed it to Titus. He unwrapped a sandwich and passed that to him, too. They ate without talking."Hey, Courtesy,”. Looking at my lovely husband all the while.He took another picture. He was smiling. I was so happy. We weren’t fighting. Maybe we’d never fight again, if I could just keep doing this.“Baby, keep doing that. I’m going to go upstairs for a minute. Be right back.”I fellated my toe while listening to the noises upstairs. I wanted him back with me so badly, but I stayed planted and did what I was told. Make him proud. Atta girl.Our fights. They were nothing, now. A week ago he’d been screaming at. “I was expecting to see some of you here after what what’s been found. I guess you wanna talk to the DI?”“Is Luke here?” I asked.“No,” Nate admitted. “He’s gotta make an official announcement for the TV cameras. It’s big news round here as I guess you ladies already know. But some of the other guys will fill you in. Wait here. I’ll see who I can find.”It was Inspector Matthew Papadopoulos who escorted us into a quiet office that was reserved for just this kind of discussion to describe what had.