Hadley’s chicken-scratch was scattered all over the sheet of paper. He scanned it for the gala’s date and saw that she had an early morning shift ...ut there wasn’t anything else written down. There were a few things like the name of several books and a wine night she hadn’t mentioned before. “Keeping tabs on me?” “You have no idea.” The ride to his condo wasn’t as long or brutal to sit through as he weaved through the city. To his amusement and pleasure, Hadley unhooked her seatbelt and. "So what happened?" the blond young woman in the black fatigues asked. She came to the door with her gun drawn. I was unarmed and still in my sleep outfit which was mostly nothing."My open door alarm woke me. I knew someone was in the shop at 3 AM. I got my shotgun and waited to see if they came upstairs. If they had simply robbed the store, I wouldn't have come downstairs to stop them. Someone came up the stairs. I told them to drop whatever was in his hands and lay on the floor. He took a. My goal here was to fake it until I make it.The three of us walked into the building. I noticed I was getting looksand second glances. I'm not going to lie. I was nervous about myappearance. I forced myself to look into people's eyes and smile."Confidence, Tony - I mean Christina. You got this. Girl Power. You GoGirl."Focus on how good you look. How you felt last night and this morning infront of the mirror. Smile. Eye contact.I stopped at my locker, exchanged books real quick and went to. “Don’t drive anywhere,” she begged.“Not a chance,” I said. I didn’t really plan to get drunk. I had only a pint of fru, fru liquor someone had given me at some past Christmas I couldn’t remember. That should just keep the DTs away until they gave me something for them at the clinic.The they were the staff at the 5th Avenue rehab clinic. It was inside a rustic building ten miles from the nearest neighbor. It was also located in the North Carolina Mountains. I didn’t choose the dead of winter,.