Kerri blinked twice to verify she wasn't daydreaming. She wasn't. The only item of clothing on Val was the sweater she'd taken into the bathroom. Forg...tting a pair of bottom caused her to return to the room bottomless. Bent over, Val fumbled through the contents of the bottom drawer of her dresser. When Val turned around, Kerri appeared nonchalant to Val's brashness. "Hey," Val stopped in front of the door. "Do you hear that noise? Like a bumblebee buzzing nose?" "No! I don't hear anything!. The man didn’t move. I thought I saw a smile. I say I thought because I really couldn’t see him to well, ya know? Not his face anyways. He was wearing a pinstripe, like somethin’ outta the ’20s. He wore a fedora hat that covered his face in a shadow that no matter how hard ya stared, ya never could see past it. I remember thinking to myself, what the hell is he smilin’ ’bout? He must have some sorta protection. I looked around. Nuthin’. Looked up and down the street. Nuthin’. Then I looked back. There was alsoa tall, blond woman with brown eyes dressed in a veryprofessional pants suit standing near us. She flashed me a quicksmile and turned back to the judge."Sergeant Williams, what is our first case?" Judge Jasperinquired."David Lee Jarvis your honor. He was found guilty of breaking andentering for the fifth time. Also various petty crimes includingforgery, fencing stolen property, and lying under oath." I see Sergeant Williams." Judge Jasper turned to man who wasdoing a remarkable. I don't know how that EPOD thing works. It just occurred to me that someone should know that Mouse will be working during the day until school gets out on Wednesday."He assured me that won't be a problem. Then he invited me to a small get together at his house this evening to meet the other junior VPs and their wives.I told him in all honesty that I was looking forward to it. I've met all of the VPs at one time or another. But I don't know them well. I've done most of my coordinating with Brad..