This way!" The girls hungrily demolished the last crumbs of the bread, which disintegrated into a choking mulch in their mouths, only digestible thank... to the liquid assistance of the tea, and threaded their way through the sympathetic glances of the other women to where they had been beckoned.They stood obediently in front of the men's leering gazes. "I told you she were a babe, didn't I Ralph?" the man who'd spoken to them said to a fat middle-aged man with a dark brown polyethylene tie, a. . should I recognize you?"Shit she thought this cop is dumber than dog shit. "Yes... well I'm only the most famous defense attorney in all of Montgomery, maybe even all of Alabama, and if you don't have a damned good reason for stopping me I have your badge," she looked at the badge and his name tag, and continued, "Officer Rocker." Ahhh, you're an attorney! Oh now I get it! Well counselor you better get yourself a good lawyer, one that can get you out of a drug and DUI charge. Christ lady the. There was no one there. She looked at him again, wanting to deride him for his silliness. What's wrong with your eyes? or You're seeing things! or some such jab. But the fear in his eyes killed those thoughts like a juke box with its cord yanked from the wall. She looked again and saw nothing, and fear bubbled up into her tummy as well.Todd's book dropped from his hands as he sat for a moment in a daze. It slid off the garbage bin lid and fluttered onto the ground like a wounded bird. The. You are so kind," Penelope stood and bowed to him.Germanicus gave Penelope a leather pouch containing fifty pieces of gold claiming that's what he owed Julius Marcellus after losing a wager with him on what gladiator would win at the games. Penelope thanked him for his kindness and hospitality as the caravan moved south. She was riding her mare Diana as she moved into the middle of the pack to start their journey south to Rome. Germanicus ordered two young soldiers to keep an eye on her and to.