With the political situation that we had to face, we wanted to make sure that we faced the Knights Templar at their best. We did not want to give them...any room for excuses that we did not give them a chance to prepare properly.The fact that their preparations destroyed expensive and valuable property belonging to private citizens was going to be an important factor on our side. We really needed to make the Knights Templar the villains in the story in order to get enough popular support for the. Soon though, the gentle summer rain and slow rolling thunder helped me return back into a deep and relaxing sleep.Again the erotic dreams began, I knew the girl from my school... I had seen her several times at the pool when I was with Mark. She was very good looking and I was surprised to find only she and I at the pool on a bright sunny day. In my dream, she and I were lying together on one long chair and she started to kiss my chest. Slowly she worked her mouth toward my nipple, teasing it. " Brent's in the same dire straights," Grace said and laughed.Having Mary and Joy with us was the best medicine a doctor could have prescribed for Grace's melancholy, and Grace laughing was the best medicine for me.Grace added, "Our jerk uncle, trying to get his mitts on Brent's money, froze all the bank accounts." Mary looked confused, so Grace explained my situation."I'm a kept man," I said when Grace finished outlining our dysfunctional family fiasco."Considering your age," Grace said, "the. “Do I need him here?”Suzanne shrugged.“Your call, ma’am. You’re not a person of interest in this investigation.”“Very well.”Raptor sat back in her chair.“Ma’am, did your husband have enemies, anyone who would have wanted to harm him?”Raptor burst out laughing, but her laughter had a bitter tone.“You’re kidding, right, Detective? Half this town hated him. Half his constituents back home did, too.”As she spoke, Raptor looked as though she had swallowed something sour.“Ma’am?”Suzanne waited for.