Why not spit it out and be done with it?"It was Fiona as usual who was the one to speak up."I fear you know us too well my Lord, a woman needs to be a...le to keep some secrets from her husband!" Aye, and I'm not fooled into believing that I know half of what you two are up to! Now, what is afoot?" We have known for some time my Lord, but have held off from telling you because of Hella's illness. It would have been particularly cruel perhaps to have revealed this given how little time she had. . rude.I thought you two had made up. I mean, you certainly looked like you'dmade up to me." She sighed with a little dreamy noise. "Even I got alittle wet watching you two."I snorted and shook my head. "If you only knew the truth."She shrugged. "I will, right? Know the truth." You'll hear the truth, Sarah. I'm pretty sure you won't know it, though."When we got to my house, I noticed mom's car was there, but dad's wasn't.Must be working late again. We walked inside, finding my mother in. "Your LICENSE."I produced the required plastic card and proffered proof of insurance with an appropriately somber expression.As the warm wind blew in from Rikki's open window, I was initially grateful for the breeze which cooled the perspiration beading on my brow and under my armpits.Until I realized that the cop must have gotten a big whiff of champagne as a result. The bottle was lying right next to Rikki.He saw it, we knew he saw it, and he knew we knew he saw it."Yew stay right where you. Maggie didn’t care, as long as there was a little bit of room for her skinny little ass and he took her for a ride now and then, she said. Now and then. They rode everywhere together, as long as it wasn’t snowing. She seemed to be more excited than he was the day that they went to pick up his Harley. She followed him back in the car and she made a point of pulling up next to him at a light to power down her window and make slightly naughty suggestions to the lean and handsome biker in the next.