... and realized that she couldn't exactly run away from everything.Not anymore.Her shoulders slumped in defeated resignation, Sarah headed further in...ide the house. As she walked reluctantly into the living room, she saw her mother Judy standing over by the fireplace, her arms folded expectantly across her ample chest ... almost as though she'd been waiting for her wayward teenage daughter.Judy wore just a simple, short, black silk robe, held closed with a white sash embroidered with red. I moved away from the bar and found a place to sit, it was near the wall and even though I hadn’t completely sucked in every impression of the place yet I took out my phone and send Marie a message. I was telling her how awesome the party was and that she should come down and have fun. Since no reply came I put the phone back in my purse with a smile on my face. She was no doubt still blabbering on with her boy about nothing what so ever. At times like this I was glad that I was single. I. .. Mr. Parker forgot to remove it. Either that, or he was keeping it as a memento. What was the reason?" Defiance of authority." That's me." So what was it all about? And why didn't Par... Mr. Parker finish it? Marty?"I grinned at his almost-slip. "No, surprisingly it was Mrs. Jeffries who convinced Parker that he couldn't win. Did you hear about the prom?" Only that it got canceled." Kinda." Kinda?" Kinda. I don't know if you heard about it, but last year we had some trouble with vandalism.. I need to have a wood crate repacked. It needs to look unopened. I goofed up and opened a box meant for my wife and...”“Say no more, man,” Tom interrupted, “Been there myself a few times. Let me take a look at it and we can make it so she will never suspect. Where is it?”“It’s in my office,” Joe said.“I’ll have one of my guys right up,” Tom continued, “How big?”“They will need a dolly,” admitted Joe, “And thanks, Tom. Thanks a lot.”As soon as he hung up the phone with Tom, Joe pulled out his.