Damn shame, that. I lost a good friend and wound up with a headache: A young spitfire name a Laurie Kettinger, Rex's replacement. Pretty young thing w...th wild curly hair who filled out her uniform right nicely, but she was a damned zealot about the fish and game laws. That little lady filled out more citations her first year than Rex did in 30. Every sorry sonuvabitch comin' outta the canyon had a sob story about Officer Kettinger levyin $50 to $100 fines and not even lettin 'em keep the. The following day, I dropped it in the outgoing mail.From that point, I continued with my schedule of school, sports, and studying. Just as the second quarter was ending, the swim season was winding down. I ended up the quarter with another report card of straight 'A's'.Tiffany Wells' father, Mike Wells, came up for our big meet. This meet controlled the exact placement of each swimmer and the teams. It also ranked their standing in our division. The meet was a two-day event. It had qualifying. They found a barber shop they could rent, that had an apartment upstairs. It was perfect. It had two barber chairs, sinks, cabinets, a front counter, and was in a good location. Leo had bought all the equipment and supplies he needed before they left Florida. He got the required licenses and permits, and put up a sign in the front window which read, ‘Tattoo’s by Master Leo’. Leo was in business! Now what he needed was advertising and some customers. He knew where to start. Leo had worked his. ‘No, but this is an open line and I’d rather not discuss it now. Can you make yourself available next week?’ Now it was my turn to chuckle. ‘Of course William,’ I said ‘When do you want me?’ ‘Now enough of that,’ he laughed. ‘Can I send a car for you this Friday afternoon. We’ll meet at my home and we can talk over the weekend.’ ‘Fine,’ I said and got the time and rang off. Kit didn’t like it one bit that I would be away for the weekend and it caused a minor argument. Mine being that I was.