” “Fine. I,m sure with you looking after her she,ll be safe. Oh and by the way the circuit judge is due in Hudson on Friday. They,ll want you on t...e stand for prosecution witness. Okay?” “Sure. I want to see Blacker get what he deserves.” “Well. If I,d have caught him he,d have stretched my rope already, but with this territory looking for state hood we have to move with the times and the law has to be seen to be fair so the bastard will get his fair trial then hang for killing my boy!” Hank. " Heturned around, but I called:"Does mom know?" About what?" That I passed out today." Of course she doesn't. Don't be stupid. Call dad. Did you do anythinguseful today, sis?" Fuck off, asshole," I snarled. He snorted again and left.I called my father. He picked the phone up quickly."Hey, sunshine," he said. Sunshine?"Hi, dad. Peter said you called me. I'm sorry, I was sleeping." Are you OK? When your teacher called it sounded serious..." I bet it did. She overreacted, as always. It was. “A beast for sure, by tog standards.”Heather slipped the net around the bulldog and then she and I hefted it into the boat. From the strength of fight, I was expecting to pull up something magisterial and shark-like. This fish wasn’t a looker, a bulbous face and dull complexion.“Is it good to eat?” I asked Frej dubiously.“Sure. Not the most popular fish around here, but it is a good meal. I’m sure Melissa can make something amazing out of it.”I grinned. He was probably right.We ended up with. You’re happy to dodge a bullet.” Shannon grumbled. They met Persephone in the parking lot and drove a short distance to Alice’s Diner.“This is where Leanne and I went on our first date.” David announced as Kristi ordered him four shots of espresso.“I don’t get it. Isn’t it better if he can’t function?” Persephone asked.“He’s being led around by the nose.” Shannon countered getting a big frosted cinnamon roll for herself. “You saw him with Eiko and Nat. We need to be able to get our words into.