"She called, what happened?" May said.I put the phone to my shoulder and finished spreading jam on my toast. "Had to get out of there," I said."Shit A...C. you are so fucking stupid sometimes," May said. "She's on her way over." You take her, I'm no lezzie," I said, regretting it the moment it came out."A.C.? Oh fuck it ... Girl, you got issues." She hung up on me.Fuck. I called Kevin."We getting together?" I asked."Yeah, I got Rubin coming over in a few, and we're hitting the Mall. See you. I didn't argue. The rest of the group headed out to pile in Hank's vehicle for the trip together. I really thought it was as much another excuse to visit and gab as anything else but I didn't mind, since I didn't have to go.I was a little surprised when, after the group pulled out, Lee came wandering back into the house. She said that she had decided to stay, just in case her husband, Phil, came home from his current assignment. She was pretty sure he wouldn't be home until Saturday but he. I shared the conversation on the recorder. “That’s good, but not good enough. It will be good once we get a video of them in action, but right now it’s just a bunch of guys shooting their mouths off. I suggest you share this with Joe. Maybe he’ll recognize the voices.”Ten minutes later I was in Joe’s office. He found the tape interesting. “That’s definitely Steve Wilson and I’ll bet that’s Mark Downey. They’re both well known as pussy hounds—almost as bad as Orton except they’re members,. See how he likes polishing some senior's shoes." They make you do that?" Only if they don't like you. I didn't have to do anything like that. I don't think you will, either." If there's a shoe to be licked, I'll be the one hoping he didn't step in dog-poop," I said."You did good this year," she said. "Did anyone give you shit?" I was always surrounded by Carl and Doug and the fabulous five." How lucky can you get? Five pretty girls to pal around with?" Yeah. But I didn't get to first base. I.