”“Well, the thing is that since then I haven’t wanted a relationship, at least not one where I am tied to one person. Promiscuity works for me. ...hat doesn’t mean I am saying, right so long and thanks, but it does mean I’m not going to be exclusively your woman. If you cant live with that it’s fine. It’s up to you.”Up to you. My fucking earworm was back. Val often said it. “Trust me or leave me, it’s up to you.” So I had trusted her and she’d betrayed that trust. You think you’ve got over. Trust me, as a tall, skinny, gawky girl, whose dad was the Chief Superintendent of the local Police Force, not a lot of blokes were game to come near me anyway. I think Dad thought I might break out of my shell once I was away from home.I was so wrapped up in learning the job and keeping up with my studies that the few genuine offers I did receive, were not hard to brush off. True, I had thought about sex a bit more, but I wasn’t desperate, and I didn’t desire to get involved sexually with. “It turns out that Adam’s slime ball parents got some strings pulled and I’ve got some more questions to answer downtown.”“Wait. What? Did you just say what I thought you said or do we have a serious miscommunication problem?”“Yep, I’ve got questions to answer. Apparently, Adam’s parents can’t stand to look bad so they feel the need to silence anyone who has had problems with their son. Which is everyone who’s been unlucky enough to have been around him. But don’t worry Mom I’m sure that. ‘She was wearing her bullet-proof vest. She just had the wind knocked out of her, and she got a pretty good bump on the head when she fell. Are…are Luke and Rod all right?’ ‘They’re both hurt,’ Alex said. He was glad to learn that nobody had been killed, or even seriously injured. ‘But they’ll be OK. Lise, you and I need to talk.’ ‘I…I know,’ she said. ‘Tim,’ Alex said, ‘why don’t you interview Luke? I’ll talk with Lise. And make sure there’s somebody with Billingham. We don’t want him doing.