He started to reach into his jacket but stopped as soon as he looked up the barrel.“Go for it, Asshole. Give me a fuckin’ excuse.”I heard the fr...nt door of the trailer open and glanced over as Delaney stepped out, looking around warily.“What the fuck are you doing here? You’re supposed to be with Sheree.”She held up a bag. “Sheree asked me to run back here and get her a clean shirt and bra. The damn Slurpee machine spewed all down her shirt.”“Shit.”Delaney stepped forward and looked at the. There …..I don’t know ….I….. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”I rushed into my room slamming the door behind me. The place was a buzz of activity more that it had been in a decade.By the third of July the grounds were looking good. That afternoon the big brown truck stopped in to make another delivery I had bin burying things for the den. On eBay I was able to find a lot of the things that my parents had thrown out then I went off to college. Kris came running out as the truck. I was pissed and took it out on you."The cop laughed. "If that's the worst I get today, I'll be tickled. Heck, Sarge has already taken a strip off my butt for not getting there in time to stop those punks before they attacked you people. Besides, your little bit of yelling was worth it to see you guys take those scumbags down." Pointing, "Okay, my car is way over there. Just hold up and let me lead. The hospital is only fifteen minutes or so away."The women piled into the cruiser and watched. .. uh, that is ... we had nothing ... nothing whatsoever to do with that attack. Those men ... thugs, really ... we had fired them. They had no association, no role ... nothing to link them to our project.”“I understand that you employed them, Mr. Adams. You accepted a recommendation and approved their selection. In fact, you terminated their employment barely a half day before they attacked and wounded not only our prime property owner, but also a close friend and associate of his in the same.