"Remember, Mary and Nathan had 8 children. My guess is that the connection for the direct lineage comes from the oldest of them, John. He was born in ...653, just a year after his mother and father were married." From what I remember," I admitted, "Tammy's right."After all, for the Parker name to pass down through the times, it had to have been brought down by the sons. Then as things split off with daughters they carried the family name as a middle one for their sons."That's happened for a bunch. I’m hoping they can convince at least one of you to talk. Otherwise, there will be two well-fed gators out there.”“Bullshit,” the driver shouted. “I know that you’re just trying to scare us, and it isn’t working.”“They’re all yours,” the Sheriff said, shrugging nonchalantly. “If one of them talks, bring him back. Otherwise, I’ve got no use for them and they’ll just end up costing the Parish money we don’t have.”I could see that the car’s passenger was getting nervous.We emptied their wallets.. . scrap you wanted collecting and getting rid of has been disposed of.”“Permanently?”“Permanently,” Ned emphasised, “Never to surface again, in fact it has already been shipped out and dropped into the steel smelter and should be fast approaching 1370 degrees about now. Anything left when the dross is scraped off will be unrecognisable and end up buried in a slag heap somewhere, never to see the light of day.”“Thanks, Ned, I do appreciate it.”Ned briefly flashed a smile.“No worries.” Ned. When I got to her apartment, I realized that our interpretations of "casual" were very different. There I was in an American Eagle t-shirt, jeans with rips at the knees, and a pair of well-used sneakers. She was looking comparatively elegant in her zipped-up coat, matching mini-skirt and knee-high boots."Oh, man. You look absolutely amazing," I said."Don't worry about it. I always overdress," she said with a wink... ------------------------------------------------- We arrived at the theater.