From the assigned tone she knew it was Jamal. She felt a sliver of wet heat rise in her loins as she clicked on her hands free button to take the call... “Oh sweetie that’s great news, I’ll see you at 6p.m. then,” she said at the end of their phone conversation. Jamal’s aunt had travelled that afternoon out of state for yet another evangelical convention, and he just told her he could spend the night at her place from that Friday evening through Saturday night. Shirley was so excited she giggled. Tell me everything," Calvin demanded."I'll try. The reason I called you will become pretty evident when I give you some of the details of what happened. I want to hire you to represent Mary and me. We are looking for some justice. When I tell you the whole thing, please tell me you'll represent us." Ruel, as long as what you want is legal and within the canons of my profession, I'll represent you. That award you gave me was more than enough, so you have a lot of my time coming for free." Good.. We don’t need any more hassle of any sort.”“Frances, my love, I don’t intend to do anything directly. If the police come up with anything that they can pursue, then we can simply mention this man as worth looking into.”She relaxed. “All right then. I and the other girls don’t want to see you hurt.”“I know. You are my flock of avenging eagles looking for prey. I have no wish to be a tethered goat as a tempting snack for Jim or anyone. I have better things to do with my time, such as keeping my. I want three ... no, four squads of soldiers for escort.”“My Queen?”“I’d told Rikke we’d have other plans for her troops by the first of Rain’s Hand. This isn’t what I was thinking of then, but it’ll do. Presuming the other ladies agree, we’ll leave for Riften the day after tomorrow.”It wasn’t every day that a visit between Jarls happened. The rest of the day, the ladies spent packing things that Elisif would need to be gone from the Blue Palace for a month. I spent time in conversation with.