..?" the man's voice called out curiously, and I heard hisfootsteps stop briefly before my stall before passing on. "Anybody inhere?"Nope, nobody he...e buddy. Nobody at all; just ignore the pregnant manbehind stall #1, I thought nervously as I bit my lip, trying to project mywill upon the guy to get the hell out.My heart nearly leaped up my throat as he suddenly knocked on the stalldoor next to me, then a few moments later paused, then knocked on mine. Iwinced as I felt my stomach tying. Johnny's only requirements were that all the proceeds had to go to the veterans and that Jenkins Bank had to accept him as a trust client. Johnny's television program from Ryman Auditorium in Nashville was white hot and had increased the interest in country music and developed a whole new audience. The local acts were moved from Friday night so Johnny and June could perform the benefit. Fritz told Johnny that Karen and I played, and Johnny asked us to open with three numbers and for Karen to. " I said. "I WOULD HAVE understood if the Popular Kids Court decided I needed to work my way up to Bailey, and she had to stop until I put in the time all of you have to be considered one of the cool kids."He screeched as the heat touched every nerve ending in his body."But then you tried to kill me!" NO!" "Wait!" "He didn't!"His friends tried, but nobody had stopped him at the pool so I didn't give a fuck. I twisted his head and made them look as I pushed scorching pain through his body. He gave me much more credit than I deserved, but the $5,000 bonus wuz gratefully received. My reputation as a detective wuz made with this case, an' I often had jobs among the Texas railroads after that.Business with the railroads slowed down on occasion, so Pa suggested that I branch out inta general detective work. For example, I could hire some accountants an' branch out inta cases of bank fraud, which were becoming more of a problem. His bank wuz doin' OK at the moment, but he had a friend.