" I'll let you buy me a drink some time she said over her shoulder, as she left my office." You're on, I said, anytime you're ready." I'll remember th...t Boss."I'd never really thought about Darlene in any other way than her being my secretary, but now that I thought about it, having a drink with Darlene might not be that bad. Shes 38, 5-4 around 120 pounds, give or take a couple. I'd guess her to be 34B, 24w- 35h, with short tussled blond hair and friendly smile. I hired her going on three. "We'll keep you company here, Nicole."My aunt smiled politely, but you could tell she wasn't happy. She looked at me, as if she was pleading for some sort of rational explanation, and I just looked at my feet because there wasn't one to give her.Four hours we spent in the emergency room. I'd been here with mom before, and I knew the drill. Social workers got called, and they ignored mom's falling-down-the-stairs story. They'd ask me round-about-questions about being beaten, and I'd play dumb.. Hooke closed the door behind him and looked around the cramped apartment. There wasn't much to see. The sitting room had cheap, new furniture clustered around a small vid unit. A kitchenette lined one wall. He walked over to the window and noted that the bedroom door was open. It looked as if she'd just moved in.Hooke smiled and turned around quickly, surprising Felicia and making her jump back against the door."Nice to meet you Felicia. My name is Hooke." His face held a false smile, the kind. However, this shower had speakers installed to keep the sound didn’t from making it out unless the door was open. Trudy was singing along to whatever song was playing. Not wanting to scare the shit out of her, I moved around in the shower, so I wasn’t where I could grab her, but she could see me out of the corner of her eye.“DAVID!” she screamed as she wrapped her arms around me to give me a big hug. “No one was sure if you had an apartment off somewhere that you moved into secretly. Mom has.