He knelt, breathing heavily and pulling at the loose laces. After a few seconds he pulled off the shoes, still on his knees. He glanced up at her, ful...y taking in her beauty, her perfection. She was a work of art, a goddess, an angel given human form. She pointed at the floor, biting her lower lip teasingly. ‘Come here.’ She whispered, sending a chill down Riley’s spine. He crawled across the floor, feeling silken petals beneath his fingers and toes as he moved. For the first time, he noticed. The condition of the body makes us believe she was held for a longer period of time than that. It's a good bet that our killer was the daddy." DNA." Jimmy said."Yeah, maybe we'll finally get lucky."Stephanie spoke up. "With only half the markers for the father, getting a hit on any of the data bases could be difficult." Better a slim chance than no chance," Brandon said, hauling up a load of fliers. "I'm gonna go and find some kids who want to earn a few buck, have them hand these out up. "Today is Thursday!"She startled me out of my daydream.I had no idea what that meant, I said, "Yes mother I think it is," Iwasn't good with the days of the week, or the them months of the year. Ijust couldn't get it. "Why is that a big deal?" Because you have dance class tomorrow," she said. "Every other Fridayyou have dance class." I thought dance class was over," I said, "I had my recital beforesummer started and I was in the 4th of July parade." That was hip hop dance, I signed you up for. "This seemed to me a distinct possibility. Eleanor had the reputation of being the most daring of the girls and, be it said, experienced. The other girls were slightly in awe of her. It was even said that she smoked."I'm going to ask her," said Alfie finally.We were coming out of school about a week later when Alfie pulled me aside and said, "She said she'll do it," he whispered urgently."What," said, I though I guessed what he was referring to."McLean says she'll show us her tits. Wait here.