You've really looked after me these last fewmonths and now with my own PA and some stress relief ... well ... Idon't know if I can ever repay you." Do...'t worry on that score Rob my boy, I'll get my pound of flesh out ofyou!" With that Jerome hung up. Rob couldn't see his face, if he had itmight have given him reason to pause. Jerome looked up from his desk, anevil smile on his face. "You heard little one?" he asked across theroom."Yes uncle," breathed his young niece. She was tall, with a light. And, I thought, running finger lightly across my lips, damned nice. I could get used to that. But, no, I said, smiling and shaking my head. Down that path was desolation. I was sure of it. Considering the age difference and the likelihood that her assets would attract the attention of many a suitor much more physically robust than myself, I shook my head one more time to clear out the thoughts of what discomfort lay at the end of that road as she left me for one with more appeal. That was. He seems to me a good fit, and it could mean some extra jingle in his pocket. He could even use the church’s equipment.”“He might be, Jason. I’ll ask him on Sunday.”Jason handed her a business card. “This is Rich’s card. Pass it on to him if he’s interested and he can follow up with Rich.”“Okay ... Now, I’ll just sit in the corner with my book and let you do your job.”“What are you reading?”She held up the cover. “I got it from the library.”“Do you go to the library often?”“Yes -- it’s a habit. There was no scolding or moralizing about the situation.Lisa eventually said, “Erie was the fourth city where I had to be a hooker just to get some basics for survival that I realized I’d sunk so low that I hated myself. I wanted to die. I got to fearing that Marco Ricci wouldn’t find me and kill me. There was just one small glimmer of hope, and that was when I called you, Jim, and begged for help. Coming home and getting shot became preferable to continuing as I was. I used the last of my.