I will confess, I have despised the man since first I met him – and that was long before my sister, Sonya, was promised to him.“Because I loved my...sister, I gave her husband a role in my government. It was a small role, to be certain, but it gave him ... credibility. When news of the allegations reached me, I had sat on this throne for barely two years. I had no proof. I did not even have an accuser. I had second- or third-hand accounts. Someone said that someone else witnessed the crime. I. Speaking of graves, find where Sue is buried. I mean the exact plot where she is buried, not just the name of some potter's field. One more thing, if you ever say awesome again in my presence, you are fired." Yes, Boss," he said."And get that license application ready for me to file. I'll sign the damn thing, but you get all the forms I need printed off. I bought you that fancy printer, now I want to see it working."It was true. Since my first week back, Lucas kept tell me how much better his. Hardly a month went by that he did not receive an offer to go with a national news organization. Hy turned them all down. He felt that his familiarity with this town was too valuable to give up. He had been nominated twice for a Pulitzer, but the prize had eluded him so far. Hy was fearless and never let go of a story until it was complete. His publisher gave him free rein and his hours could best be described as irregular. When Hy submitted a story it was always published that day.Hy pulled. A few of them might have taught high school to my grandfather. At the end of the bar though ... drinking by himself was the one.He wasn’t ever going to get a job as a GQ model but he wasn’t half bad looking. He was dressed nice (for a bar) and looked like he showered and shaved on a regular basis.I grabbed a napkin and wrote on it “Don’t say a word. Just follow me into the ladies room and I’ll give you a bj”I showed the napkin to the women at the table and walked down the bar to where he was.