"Honey, Troy was the one who wasn't good for anything. He was a worthless excuse for a human being. Do you know what worthless people do to make thems...lves feel better?" What?" They try to make everyone around them feel even worse than they do. It's the only way they can feel good about themselves. Whatever Troy said to you, it was a lie. You are a wonderful girl." But I've never been good at anything." You're good at brightening up my day," I said with a smile."Really?" she asked."Absolutely.. He refused to give up his source so he was put awayfor the possession and the assault. From what we can figure out Susanmust be supplying Melissa with the cocaine but we still don't know wherethe meth is coming from, whether from Susan or someone else." I had dinner with Susan last night and she doesn't seem to be the kindof person that would be a supplier like that." What makes you think that?" I don't know, it's just a feeling, she might sell an ounce or two butnot the amount Melissa. When I had a candle and a little lump of sidewalk chalk, I returnedto the living room. The candle from a small supply I kept around in case ofpower outages, which were frequent in the area, and the chalk had been leftby one of the previous tenants and I'd never bothered tossing it.I pushed the couch out the way and upturned the ragged old rug thatprotected the hardwood floor. Had I any money, I would have replaced itmonths ago.I plopped down, and put the paper down in front of me, as the. "Give me half an hour," she said."It takes you half an hour to get dressed?" I teased.She astonished me by bringing her hands up to cup her breasts, while the thumb and first finger of each hand squeezed a protruding nipple."I can get dressed in five minutes. But there's something else I need to do before I leave."The imp was back."Anything I can do to help?"Her hands were still mauling her breasts."You've done quite enough already, thank you. I have a vibrator, and it has fresh batteries in.