”The apartment was an open floor plan. The front door entered into the living room and the kitchen was on the far side. Bruiser had wandered into th... kitchen and was presently peeing on the leg of a kitchen chair.“Bruiser! No!” Brent shouted. Emma laughed.“It’s ok, I’ll clean it. I put my clothes there frequently when I come home so I suspect it smells a lot of my other clients.”She went to get a spray bottle and paper towels from the kitchen. Turning back towards the chair, Brent moved in. "You'll get square eyes sitting that close," Aaron said.Emily stuck her tongue out at him and turned back to watch."Mum and dad home?" Nope. They won't be home till late. They've got chicken and something in the fridge. Said for either you or Allie to heat it up for me."Aaron's heart skipped. Having the parents out of the house for the night was more than he could have hoped for."Where's Natalie?" Upstairs on the phone with her boyfriend." Emily rolled her eyes.Aaron hoped that meant she was. He was working on something with the congressman. This was more interesting. Then, I went to the ladies. They were all connected to the congressman or executive. This was the secretary pool and staff. But, there was a poor little guy, in the front seat. He was wimp material. Little guy was a techie. He had just invented a couple of new devices for sub sonic communications. BINGO.I had the connection. Money, influence, and the devices. In one move, someone had removed the entire chain. The final and newest message was again Jasmine and she sounded perplexed, “Are you avoiding me? I know you have my number.” A long pause followed by, click! “Well shit, I blew that one, AB,” Will suddenly remembered the guy in the suit riding with Jasmine on Monday. And the beefcake guy earlier that day. He thought it was strange she would drive by and call a couple hours later but, he resolved himself to the idea she had probably written him off. *** Thursday went better than Wednesday and.