"I'm not twenty-one yet, and we'renot allowed at Norton's."The man laughed out loud, sitting back to get his own glass topped up."But this is not Nort...n's, is it," he said, picking up his glass andholding it out for a toast. "You're a big girl now - let's drink to yourhealth."Lucian rose again, more careful now."Please take me back home," he whispered, not realizing the word heused."Mine or yours," the man said, grinning."Take me back to Norton's; I can't do this." No. And sit down."Lucian kept. Why would someone from the county be out that way?" Seriously?" the man asked. "Dude, it's a high-crime area. The guy could have been a cop or he could have been someone from the assessor's office looking to score." At five in the morning?" I asked. I had left out one vital piece of information. The man wasn't from the county and he had no way of knowing that the only agency that used the gray Ford Escape was the undercover narcotics squad – Elizabeth's Task Force."You're on for the bet," the. Can’t we stop now? I won’t be able to sit down today. I will be very careful with my work now.” Despite Carla having made these same protestations earlier, her pained buns compelled her to try anyway. “You may thank me now for the first set, Carla. I hope you realize this is all for your benefit.” Angie slid over the warm butt checks, enjoying every moment. The poor girl draped over her lap tried to twist away from the unwanted hand, but with her tush in the air, where was she to go? “Thank. Were neither alert nor careful.I had, barely, enough time to push her back, away from me; the driver swerved, so I only got a glancing blow, but I was briefly aware of pain before my head hit the ground and everything went black.I came round in hospital, my leg immobilised, a thumping headache, dry mouth, sore throat and generally feeling like something the cat dragged in. The nurse couldn't or wouldn't tell me anything about what happened, whether Fiona was okay, only that I had a broken leg.