Don’t worry about how but he’s learned his lesson. I’m just a little down is all and I have things to think about. If I want to talk you know th...t you’ll be the first I’d think of.”Amanda did her best to put on a brave face and though Jenny had her doubts she allowed her friend to change the subject. The two girls talked about other subjects as they walked home and when they reached Jenny’s house she had invited Amanda in but she had declined due to the volume of homework she had.“See you. " Hot Stuff?" I said, raising and eyebrow as I turned to face the end of the dock. "Is that the codename for this one?" I'm still working on it," Cisco gruffed as I dashed towards my target.The second floor of this abandoned warehouse was stereotypically rundown, the odd wooden crate and empty metal shelving littering the place. I saw her huddled at the far wall, legs to her chest. Seeing the air blur around her from the heat she was emanating I approached with caution."Britney, right?" I. Okay to put you on speaker?" When she agreed, Jeff pressed the button and set the phone back in its cradle near the bed. "Alright, we're all in our bedroom and listening. Start at the beginning, please, and tell us what happened."When Carla had finished and the questions and comments wound down, Jeff took the phone off speaker and said to Carla, "I want you to do something for me. I know Fred made a good bit of money with his percentage of the take from the insurance companies and the sale of. “Jace, stay and have a drink, it is the least I can do.”“I really should get back home. I am sure you have big plans this weekend with the kids gone” Jace replied. Please let that be my out, he thought.“Nope, just Netflix, and Fireball” Lisa said with a coy smile. “Here, I have some regular whiskey, let just make you one drink.”“Ok, but just one.” Jace could not believe those words came out of his mouth. He was still tipsy from earlier; this was just going to make things worse. He kept.