Debra had a doctorate in botany, specializing in herbal medicine. She expands her garden every year.”“I finally got some European mandrake to grow...” she said, wiggling her eyebrows. “The American mandrake is completely different -- drops those nasty horseapples. Big, warty-looking balls that stink as they rot and get all slimy.”“Ick! That sounds horrible!”, said Linda.“Oh, it has its uses, mostly decorative” said Debra, “but nothing like the European mandrake!”“Just make sure you wear your. Suddenly he was on the ground as she fell on top of him kissing his face purring rather loudly. Adina was rolling her eyes as she looked away toward Ambrose. Suddenly her eyes were large as she saw a lone bow man pointing at Ambrose. Grabbing half a shield she jumped behind Ambrose as the shaft left the crossbow like bow. Roaring out she stood her ground as a moment later the shaft hit the half shield penetrating it with ease. Then it traveled on through into her upper shoulder almost all the. I stood at the line, holding the chamber of my just inspected weapon open to show there were no rounds in it. The DI grunted his approval and performed the necessary check, even though he’d just checked the weapon a few seconds earlier and had been by my side ever since.“Lane 24,” he announced into a microphone pinned to his lapel. The announcement echoed across the empty range as a target popped up two hundred meters away.“Stand by,” he announced over the loudspeaker system. He handed me a. Danielle blushed again and I apologized but she brushed it off."So, tell me a little bit about Adam and Ellie," I said."Oh, you never see Adam," Danielle said. "You only know about him when Ellie visits for coffee. Tracy will talk about how horrible her ex-husband is. And Ellie will tell her that not all men are jerks. Then she'll tell a story about Adam. It's a line that runs mostly on Sundays' where she has more room. But she has taken a one-week arc of Adamisms. He is one of the most popular.