Then they were coming this way, and I could plainly hear Lori, "You have to see the new lingerie Clint bought for me after my little prank," she said ...ith a giddy tone."That was so mean, and he loves you so much, you're just lucky he didn't have a heart attack!" Kristen said, adding with a chuckle, “But it must have been priceless!”"I was a little worried, but he's okay, and you know how I am. I just couldn't pass up an opportunity like that, and we have been having so much fun since then." Oh. I felt her hand squeeze my thigh when a high-wire walker nearly tumbled to the net below. I was sure it was intentional, and I believe Ginny knew it was too. I turned to see her eyes on me, looking solemn for a second, before she burst into a smile.Ginny laughed at the clowns, cheered throughout the elephants' act, and joked with the people around us. I enjoyed the closeness of her body as she leaned in to direct my attention to something she wanted to share with me. I'd never seen her so. Nobody opened the entrance door when we rang the bell, so we piled the cardboard boxes and the TV against the house. While looking at the windows both Lex and I was sure we saw somebody watching us behind the curtains.Anna-Lena's driving license was cancelled for speeding and as I owned her car we let it remain in the garage. Back at the house we changed all locks before we left for the next town, which was Lex's current hometown where he had rented the Ford Transit. After a short stop at his. You were looking everywhere but at me," I said."So?" he said."I'm sorry, so what?" I said."Are you Manny Kirkland?" He was miffed."Yes." I said. "And, you are?" Lt. Baxter."You got a wife named Cameron?" No. Did once, but we're divorced," I said. "What's this all about?" Somebody beat her nearly to death. Divorced you say?" said the copper."Yeah—beaten!—Wh—Wh—Why? Who?" All of a sudden I felt guilty."Yeah. But if you're divorced—She said you were her husband. She had a paper on her, in her.