"Well, I just glanced over at the table, and guesswhose kissing who!" "Nooo..." Mike responded in disbelief. "You're notseriously suggesting what I th...nk you're suggesting?" "I most certainly am, good buddy! Your Kathy and myEllen seem to have suddenly formed a mutual attraction forone another that goes way beyond the platonic." "You're shittin' me, right?" "No way, man! I'm telling you the God's honest truth!Our dates are sitting at the table, and they sure as helllook to me to be making out!. Crane." I will."When I hung up, Mom hugged me fiercely. "Thank you, son. Whatever happens, you did the right thing." Where's Dad?" I asked."In the living room with Grace." After Sherry calls back, and if she says it's likely that the police plan to arrest me, I'd like Dad to call a lawyer to stand ready to help me. Also if that happens, I think Grace should swear out a complaint against Ballard for assaulting her." Maybe she should anyway," Mom said."Maybe, but if Ballard doesn't pursue a legal. "Don't you want to know how I found you?" he asked. He was obviously dying to tell me but I couldn't resist."It's been almost three months since Wilson send me the dead drop files. I'm guessing he used the same parameters, the ones I set for him, to follow the newspaper reports of missing girls updates," I said."Exactly we did some checking. It was good to see you still can out think anyone I ever met. Did you kill that Sam guy?" It was someone else," I said."Good it was sloppy," Andrew. "I know it wasn't as exciting for me as it was for you, but congratulations." I didn't mind," he said. "How've you been, anyway?" Mike," she replied, "Can we talk?"Mike could see that Jennifer had something on her mind. "Sure," he said.She came in, closed the door, and sat down. "Look, Mike," she said. "I've got a problem, and I hate to come to you with it, but I don't want my family to hear about this. I had a heck of a time acting through yesterday afternoon and last night, before I realized.