. yes, thanks." She took the steaming Styrofoam cup from his hand, happy to have her morning coffee. "I was running late and didn't get a chance to st...p." Sorry but it's black," he said and then added with a smile, "Like me." I like it black," Elaine said before she thought. She covered her embarrassment by sipping the hot coffee, her eyes almost twinkling as she looked over the cup at him.Derrick's eyebrows rose. Then he said, "Listen, would you like to have lunch? I have some more questions. Once inside I found Ray sitting with two other men. I was introduced, "Johnny this is my grandson's father-in-law, Retired Philadelphia Detective Percy Holmes. Percy this is Don Giovanni Cassini, a friend from Palermo Italy."I noticed I was not introduced to the third man in the room. "Detective Holmes, it is a pleasure to meet you. Doctor Fritz speaks very highly of you. Please call me Johnny. We have a common interest," he said with a soft Italian accent.Percy guessed it must have been the. . even if it didn't turn out so good. Willie, my oldest, was seventeen this year and more level-headed, although he still let Bobby talk him into things that got them both in trouble. "Are you gonna come down to the park too, Ethan?" Bobby asked him. "Bobby, Ethan is going to help me with a couple things first. But he'll be down there in a little bit. Now scoot!" I told him, hurrying him out the door. When I heard the front door slam again, I turned back to my busybody. "So Ethan, did you find. Studying in his second year at the local college at the age of nineteen, he still respected his Father’s wishes and would return home straight after classes. He did not drink alcohol, so there was no point to be tempted by going out with his classmates anyway. There were many pretty girls around him at the college but he was unable to ask any of them out. The fear of saying some corny line or getting rejected or humiliated was worse for him then the pain of loneliness. Especially because he.