"Fair enough, now don't you feel better?" Wilma asked."I don't feel one fucking bit better. You are really a bitch," Royce said."And that's my best qu...lity," Wilma answered. I knew Wilma enough to know that it was not her playful joking mood. She had been dead serious, when she went after Royce."So the SBI came in and took over the police force for a while," she commented for me."Ah and how many policemen left the force?" I asked."Over twenty five percent, I'm told," she said."Yes it was over a. Come on, let’s go teach him a lesson he will never forget.”We finish our meal and get into the waiting car. On our drive home, Rachel holds me closer, her arm is wrapped around me in a Motherly way. I feel safe with her protecting me. I know that I can learn so much from her, inside and outside of the business arena. When we arrive at her home, the driver helps us with my packages. He places them just inside the door. Rachel thanks him and releases him for the day. She calls out to Mark, who. And tonight, after four years of that,something different happened. She came over with a bottle of rum and no chaser. I took some blankets with us and I laid them out in my back yard and built a fire. It was about midnight, we hardly said anything to each other the whole night. Taking shots laying there under the stars. Once the bottle was gone, I asked her if she wanted to go up to my room and she said "no, right here." Then she kissed me. Oh my god she really kissed me. Now she's grabbing my. . or hurt them. Is it always that way?"Jake's expression darkened and he had to stop himself from getting angry. After a moment or two his expression cleared and he replied, "There are some men who use sex in that way. It is not common but it does happen. I know I only have my words to prove this but I am not like that."Before he had a chance to go on, Alie said quietly, "If I do as you asked and judge you on your actions, which have so far been gentle and kind, I believe you."Jake beamed a.