‘How about the whole thing happened in broad daylight in front of sixteen customers and seven employees?’ Adele flipped through the file idly, sca...ning for witness statements. ‘Good, that’ll make for an easy case when we…’ She flipped through the file again, a little more urgently this time. ‘Where are the statements?’ she said, looking back up at Hank. ‘We don’t have any,’ Hank said, slowly shaking his head. ‘Instead, we got twenty-three cases of obstruction of justice sitting in the cells and. I try to f***e my concentration on the math problem, but I feel his eyes still baring on me. ‘How bout we start with this problem…’ My eyes and voice trailed off to his hands moving down to my leg. I couldn’t believe this was happening, I wanted to say stop but my mouth wouldn’t move. I watched his veined, dark ,smooth hand reach closer between my thighs, all in a slow movement. My eyes traveled up his arms riding each vein that coursed through him. Then to his biceps and finally to his face. I. “Hey Uncle Joe”, I greeted him and stuck out my hand.He shook it firmly with one hand while grabbing my bag with the other. He tossed it into the pickup bed and headed for the driver’s side. The truck was an old square nosed Ford from the seventies that used on the farm and as his daily driver. “Good to see you Tom”, he grinned as he put it into gear and we pulled away from the curb. We caught up on how the family is doing and about school as he drove through the New England countryside. I. Are you hot to put yourself in the meat market, or will you let me call Patrick here so we can introduce you?"Leah looked as surprised as she felt. "I know Amanda from school. I talked to her yesterday. She invited me to join her family but I was still focused on getting my dad squared away. I hadn't begun to think of myself yet. No, I really don't relish the idea of letting myself become a slab of meat. So, yeah, please do invite Patrick to join us, if he will."And, of course, Lana and Connie.