He chose instead a quiet bistro with a private table.We had two martinis each and I enjoyed the meal tremendously.On the way back to the office, Rick ...aid, 'It's such a beautiful day ... we don't need to go straight back to the office, do we?'I responded, 'I guess not. What do you have in mind?'He said, 'Let's drop by my place, it's just around the corner.After arriving at his house, Rick turned to me and said, 'If you don't mind, I'm going to step into the bedroom for just a moment. I'll be. “Sergeant Finch said he ran you off the road.”“I’m pretty sure it was Wexler. Driving a Jeep owned by another Butler Brothers employee, Caleb Whitestone.”Cathy nodded, “He reported it stolen.”I shrugged. Didn’t have any actual proof that Wexler had been driving it. But I’d bet to it.I said, “Then last month Wexler flew from here to Denver. Transferred to Kansas City. Rented a car in his name. And he was following me around town.” I showed her the two photos that Louie-Louie had snapped. She. She smiled as she looked at herself in the full-length mirror on the closet door. She traced her finger along the deep V neckline of her little black dress and remembered the day that he had taken her clothes shopping.She remembered the red dress she was wearing that day - the only dress and only clothes she had left from her previous life. She still had that dress, although now it was just a memento… a reminder of a part of her life that was, thankfully, over.Bella put on her thigh-top. But…’ ‘ You needn’t beat around the bush, Kannan. Tell me straight.’I was hesitant first then when Sumechi reassured me i asked her suddenly pointing to her breasts ‘Could you show me this, Sumechi?’Sumechi’s face turned red. At first it seemed she could not believe her ears. Then tears started to well in her beautiful eyes. ‘chchee, I never thought you will speak to me like this.’ She didn’t say anything afterwards. She kept her face down and she didn’t speak to me. I felt that I did a.