She began to weep. Then she felt gentle arms pulling her up."Come on darling," said a quiet man's voice, "Let's have a look at him."She looked up and ...aw it was a paramedic; he was the early response man. She was helped to her feet. She became conscious of Gerard's voice as she watched the medic checking Joseph over."You want to arrest that woman, she threatened us with that gun and set the dog on us! She's mad!" Yes sir," said the imperturbable policeman. "Perhaps you can tell me what you are. Nell must have fifteen thousand invested." That much?" Steven was astonished.Becca nodded. "I'm sure we could put it to good use. In fact we ought to and I thought we might try to set up another branch in another big town with its own house and everything. I'd have to find a couple of girls from here to gaffer it but that shouldn't be a problem."Steven looked at her in awe. "Have you talked with any of the girls about this?"She shook her head. "I wanted to hear your reaction first, then Nell's. Or got me as calm as I was going to get."I probably put too much blame on myself, but she was the only one to ever lie to my face and me not spot it. I learned later that she was quietly dating the kid Con replaced on the football team the year before and they had merely been waiting for the girl's fourteenth birthday that September 29th to come out of the closet to her friends and parents," my voice grated, angry at that little bitch still, and still angrier at myself. "They never really came. Except this week he’s, well, aroused.”“Is that new?”“It is. It’s not like I’ve seen him naked before this week. Except that one time.”“Did you two play doctor together?”“We were playing in the woods and our mothers made us bring water so we would stay hydrated. But we both drank so much that we had to pee.”“You two peed together outdoors?”“Yes. Oh my gosh, I hadn’t thought of that in years. It was nothing though. It was all so innocent. I did think it was kind of funny, him peeing standing up..