"I made a face. "What kind of dog is Rock? Is he housebroken? Doesn't your brother have a kennel?"Mike asked these questions over the phone while I st...od in the mudroom doorway with the basket of laundry weighing me down."He's a Black Lab; yes, he's housebroken; yes he can put Rock in a kennel, but he'd rather leave him with family. Rock likes to be around people. He loves kids. He's a good guard dog." We don't need a guard dog," I pointed out. Mike was a policeman. I was a policeman's wife. I. She also told me she liked live music of most types and live theatre. As we parted that night, she asked if I wanted to date again.I said yes, and told her that I would call as soon as I was not on call. I explained that the business that I worked in was a 24/7 concern, and each technician and engineer was on a rotating on call schedule.For the next week, it seemed that any problem that could happen to a computer system happened to our clients. When the week ended I had put in almost 60 hours,. Also bricks were available from the new brick company just outside town. Cheap labor and abundant building materials made for the easy building of factories of every kind. Factories put money into the economy, and that created the new improved downtown of the thirties, forties and fifties. Those days were gone, but the grand old buildings remained even if they stood empty at that moment.From my front window I could see that the building was empty sure, but all the front glass was still intact.. She tried to grab a coat as she passed the coat rack but he told her "you won't need that!"She almost started to say "But I have only this thin dress, and no bra, on!" but his stare made her think better of it.Soon she was downstairs and bundled into a car. She was forced into the back seat with Ray sliding in beside her. Another man was on the other side of her and one other was driving. As the car pulled away, Ray reached over to the front seat and pulled back a small black bag. He produced.