A fair number of them she’d rather liked. She still had many an old summer girlfriend that she kept in tough with via letters or as was now more com...on, over the internet. She’d even casually dated a few big city boys. So no, Lindi Quinn really didn’t have any pathological aversion to these teeming outsiders. She simply held the small town opinion, usually kept politely to herself, that a large portion of them had the unfortunate tendency to behave like braying, jackass jackals. So she simply. “We’ve got a few minutes.”Karin wasn’t sure what he meant by “we”. She was waryof being alone with Jeff, but she wondered if shewasn’t reading too much into all this. After all, hewas just a kid. Slowly, she walked around to the pooltable and picked up a cue stick. She took aim at thewhite cue ball, but struck it clumsily and it skitteredoff at an odd angle, striking nothing.“It’s been a while,’ Karin said. “I’m a little. "But, you're right, he'll get over it." He added, not sure what else to say. "Do you want me to talk to him?" Shawn asked, feeling he was obligated to offer."No, I think that will only make things more embarrassing for him." Jessica said, holding back a laugh of relief. "He will probably even get madder at me for telling you." She said and her uncle nodded understandingly, also relieved."Well, okay then, maybe just give him a little space." Shawn said nervously rising to his feet and clapping. "The Lieutenant said something to someone in the hall before turning back to the Sheriff."Dispatch told me they had talked to Matthews' Security, per your instructions," the Lieutenant said, "but it will probably be a while..." He'll be here very soon," Tate insisted. "Just let the deputies know that no one is to try to stop him, then you, personally, escort him in." Yes, Sir. Uh, Sir, there's another oddity about this morning. There's a big helicopter sitting at the far end of the parking.