The charges alone would stop his career in its tracks and he would be side-lined."You want to play hardball? I say batter up. But for the sake of our ...riendship, I'm willing to hear your side," Rob said remorselessly.Bob suddenly realized that he could be staring at his own replacement. He straightened up and lifted his chin."Fine. This is how it is," he said implacably. "I've always been a good judge of people. I can tell with a handshake or by talking with them what kind of people they are.. " He grumbled. "Never get any respect around here. Thats what comes from screwing the hired help I guess."He shot me a sideways glance as he passed and I stuck my tongue out at him.Randy looked in Henry's office. "How are things coming in here?"Henry looked up and said, "Just finishing up getting all these computer and printer wires routed neatly. I may add another router to this place. This one may be a little overloaded at times. This is a good stopping point though."The Pizza came in. Denise's mom was a very busy business woman working for a local computer firm. Being a single mother meant spending many late hours at work, sometimes not even coming home until after midnight. And the last few weeks had been even harder on her mom. Denise had hardly spoken to her mom for over a week. Even her bed hadn't been made. Denise grabbed the sheets and pulled them tight. She picked up one of the pillow to fluff it up and there under the pillow was her missing red panties.Denise paused.. Baked potatoes and a giant salad.”“All right!” Benny barked, and left the room.Chili and Grace gathered the food and the tools and the condiments for the cookout.----They had more beers on the patio while the meat cooked, then ate at the picnic table under an oak tree. The food was delicious and the beers kept going down easy. Chili thought he now knew where Benny’s extra weight had come from. Grace’s body was fine and she was putting away the beers pretty well herself. The sun was going down.