You have to remember that average salaries down here are slightly lower than in our area," I replied.Just to verify my point I asked Dan, "What do you...think average beginning pay is for local law enforcement in the area?" Low to mid 30's would be considered good for the area at home. I would assume the same for here," he replied.Mark said, "Maybe we should reduce the initial offer and add more steps in the pay at a faster pace." Let's run it by Marcy in the morning. But I would like to know we. No dad!" " I mean, not in that way......... " I blurted out to daddy. Daddy was standing in my room by now and looked as if he was ready to break my poor tennis teacher's jaw. " You know you can tell daddy everything huh sweetie" he added. "Ooh come on, she's sixteen.......not twelve" my mom said slightly annoyed about daddy's concerns for me. "what do you mean by that, Lucy ?" my dad asked my mom, in a soft but firm tone. My mom always was somewhat jealous over the tight relationship that I. Her red cocktail dress was no match for the chill wind and she consented to let me wrap my sheepskin coat around us both. But she understood my motive and slipped her arms into its sleeves to let me slip my hands inside her dress to touch bare flesh. The flimsy strapless dress was easily pushed aside and she wasn't wearing a bra. A ring on her finger suggested that the nature of the dispute was marital. She pretended to be disinterested in my use of her body as she kept talking about her. .. and a very deep tongue kiss.“I want to be called Leah. No offense to Ian. I know that he’ll have to adjust, but I’m a new person to some extent. I’m still his sister and I am still in love with him, but I died and was reborn, in a manner of speaking. I don’t want any part of the name given to me by Michael and Eileen Finnegan, who only adopted me to reject and discard me later. I want the name given to me by my mother, who meant well when she gave me up for adoption. So I’m Leah Finkel, in.