Predatory. I was his to be taken, and he knew it,and I have to admit that at that moment, fear and anxiety overruled anyeroticism I might have felt. I... was as if I had to cross a hurdlebefore it would be my time to enjoy any of this."That's not to say," I went on, "that Jake didn't do his best to put meat ease. He did. He was surprisingly gentle with me, considering thathe had been waiting so long for this moment. In the end, itwas...okay." You're not going to share the details?"I looked over. We concentrated on the Uzi until Gail could get her ready for the .45 caliber recoil. Meanwhile, we ordered her guns and uniform. If she was going with us, Carol was going first class!Dan came around that evening and was pleased to meet Bill and Gail. After dinner, we took him to the attic and showed off our loot from the previous raid. Dan was flabbergasted at the amount of money involved. He said that the only thing that he could think of to do on short notice was to move it to an off-shore. They're not in the practice of annoying Judge Entwhistle with defendants who have iron clad alibis."I told her, "I'm most grateful to you – for your work getting me out of this stew. I gather you did quite a bit of homework and then dumped it on their desk to verify. I know you'll bill me for your time, but I'd also like to do something nice for you – after I'm out of here. Can I take you to dinner or buy you a drink?"Attorney Lacie Landers cocked her head to one side and studied me for a full. "Without waiting for a reply he nipped under the barrier, and abandoned his walking stick by the front door. Limping he made his way through the open front door hanging on to the stair rail, he managed the stairs. Arriving on the upper floor he came to the master bedroom where the elderly woman lay in bed. She was covered in dust and shivering with fright, her married daughter was holding her and crying. The scene was just as the vision had predicted. The land mine was hanging about eighteen.