" Got laid?" she asked bluntly."No, I —" Got blown?" No, I wouldn't let her do that either." So what did you do?" I had a couple of beers, and then ... kind of... I took my finger, see, and kind of..." Got her off?"That was equally blunt."I didn't wiggle," I mumbled, looking at my feet again.I heard a snort and looked up to see a twinkle in her eyes."Well, you're forgiven," Tanya giggled. "Stupid thing." Stupid thing number one."Once again, she just waited."I went away this weekend, and I didn't. .” he stared at the ground, raising his hands and slowly shaking his head. “I don’t even-” "It’s just a picture." Jared looked up to see Pete hanging up his jacket, holding a lot of rigidity in his frame. Jared kept watching until Pete returned his gaze. Jared knew Pete wasn’t saying this to try and be modest. He couldn’t handle discussing that fire he held inside. On seeing Jared’s face, Pete knew that his stare was charged and tensed under it. The atmosphere in the room was now heavy with. I motioned to a pad of paper on my night stand. The officer nodded. Legally, he was obligated to leave me the information. Jordan was going to be pissed.“Sorry, Dag,” Arnie said. “Things have been so tense in the office the past two weeks that I’m jumping at everything. Just get well and nail her.” He looked apologetic and defeated as he walked out the door with the two police officers. I didn’t believe him for a minute.The day had been long and exhausting and I still hadn’t managed much sleep.. "I walked out of the office. I thought that was the best I could do. I looked into my new offices and was surprised that the place looked lived in. The office where the two clerks would sit was open air and had two windows. The desks looked like they had never been used. The new PCs looked ready to go. There were some pictures on the wall, but it could use some plants and some women's touches hanging off the file cabinets.The Office Manager's office was really big. Very nice with a full wall of.