The next day was Sunday, and we didn't see hide nor hair of Aim, Dave, or the kids. That's not so terribly unusual, at least on a Sunday. Joanie poppe... in, surveying the remains of the party. "Not a bad gathering," she stated."It turned out perfect, especially for the amount of planning that went into it, NONE!" Those are the best kind. But I know we depleted your wine rack, we even got down to that disgusting bottle of port and polished it off." Hey now, that's the good stuff," I. I thought then that she had an idea things were being planned and I was planning them but I wasn't !We sat and chatted saucily, Ann not joining in and getting more annoyed. She was also getting more pissed as she kept going to the bar for an extra drink.There's going to be trouble soon" I said. "It would be better if I leave and go back to my house and leave you all to celebrate"."You will do no such thing !" Christine replied firmly. "You have done nothing wrong ! What happened last night was. “Right there,” I pointed. “Across the street.” Like Holly she also shrieked and jumped into my arms, giving me a big kiss. As we were kissing Rosie came out, and gave us both a big smile. She saw my car right away, and thought it looked great as a convertible. Linda gave her mom a big hug and I held the door as my baby got into the car.We spent the next hour driving around, and even though it was chilly we didn’t raise the roof. We were cruising Van Nuys Boulevard and trying to decide where to. Thankfully Rachel was still too unsure of the hierarchy within the Bureau to dare try and hurry him up. In his own good time Alderman opened the manilla folder which was the only thing on the expanse of his maroon leather topped desk. He didn’t though do anything more than glance at the report within; evidently he was already well aware of its contents. “As I’m sure you’re aware, in this great city of ours people die daily, by Nature’s subtle hand or by more direct involvement from others. .