"I don't know if the report is back yet. The crime lab is backlogged because they deal with almost the whole state."Bryant found himself nodding. Even...in a city the size of Chicago there was a wait for all forensic analysis."Okay," Bryant said. "That will be first thing Monday. Where was the girl from?"Steve thought for only a second before answering. The girl's information was burned into his brain."Ohio," he said. "Coal Run, Ohio. I looked it up on the map. It's just outside of Gallipolis.. I hear the door open and lock behind her then the shout. “Hello.” My already pounding heart quickens again and I order her to come upstairs. She follows the instruction and stands in front of me in my room. Even after a long day at work her beauty shines through – a combination of classic porcelain skin, vivid eyes, soft full lips and an innocence that always hides her appetite for life. I tell her not to speak but to undress. I know she has followed my instructions – the heels, stockings and. "No what?" Cass, go away," I ordered firmly."Fine. I'm gonna take a shower," she grumped.When the shower started I sighed with relief. That amazingly satisfying feeling hit; peeing with a full bladder. My mind emptied along with the bladder. Flushing the toilet I turned my attention to the outline of Cassie behind the frosted glass, slender and coltish. Grinning to myself I joined her. She immediately insulted me."Wow. It's small," she said, staring at my flaccid pride and joy, her soapy hands. ‘You’re welcome,’ he said, ‘I’m a man who simply tells the truth.’ She looked at him wistfully and said: ‘Then it’s a truth that I haven’t faced or been reminded of for a long, long time!’ Her voice echoed with a kind of pain that he recognized right away. Leaving his hand on top of hers he said softly: ‘Jennie, Dr. Andy was the luckiest man alive!’ ‘Was he?’ she asked, making it an open, seeking question, all of the raillery between them now set aside. ‘On my honor as a Marine!’ Johnnie said,.