“You don’t know the half of it. They also took all the weapons from your home,” Eva the law dog said.“Then get them back as soon as possible. ... have a gang of Poles and a group of Rappers after me. If they come now, I’m fucked,” I said.“Go out and buy the inventory of a pawn shop,” she said.“Alright, when this is over I’ll be able to open my own gun shop,” I said.“Since I’m here let’s go over your testimony, if I have to put you on the stand,” she suggested.“I think not. Anything I say on. ”“Jimmy has a cousin that works at Outdoor Equipment and he is going to set up a window display tonight. We thought you would like to be his mannequin. You’d be the center of attention and he could put you into positions that allowed you to flash people through the window. Since you are a mannequin, you cannot get into any trouble and no one can touch you except Frank who will probably have his hands all over you. If anything goes wrong, I’ll be right there and you can walk away.”Linda is. Now that it was actually happening, I wasn't aseager to find out. The area where we exited the car was about 100 yards away from theentrance to the theater. Between us and the entrance were more camerasand press than I had ever seen in one place at one time! It was trulyintimidating.The only thing I could do as we walked was to keep a smile on my face andtry to enjoy the experience. We stopped and posed at a few spots along the way that were marked forthe media. When we reached the halfway. My boot stuck in a crack on the sidewalk and I nearly fell, but Patrick caught me just in time. “Thanks. Now maybe God will give you a minute before setting you on fire.”Patrick grinned and kissed me. I had to pull away after a minute.“Stop trying to distract me! We have to go.”We couldn’t be late for the wedding. Number one, I didn’t want to be late, and number two, I didn’t want to be a spectacle. People were already going to be watching for us. It had been a year, but we were still.