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packerfanse
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| He moved away from the wall and approached her, backing her into a corner . packersldquo ; Why didn packersrsquo ; t you answer when I called your President Obama Jersey office ? packersrdquo ; Excuses rose inside Laura like bubbles : I was in the restroom . I had taken a sleeping pill . I accidentally turned the ringer off . packersldquo ; I don packersrsquo ; t think now is the time . . . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; If this isn packersrsquo ; t the time, packersrdquo ; Daniel said, his voice aching, packersldquo ; maybe you could give me a number at least . A place I can reach you, you know, in case Trixie gets raped again . packersrdquo ; Laura stood perfectly still, immobilized by equal parts shame and anger . She thought of the deepest level of hell, the lake of ice that only froze harder the more you tried to work yourself free . Mike Webster Jersey packersldquo ; Excuse me ? packersrdquo ; Grateful for a distraction, Laura turned toward the voice . A tall, sad - eyed man with sandy hair stood behind her, a man who packersrsquo ; d most likely heard every word between her and Daniel . packersldquo ; I packersrsquo ; m sorry . I don packersrsquo ; t mean to interrupt . I packersrsquo ; m looking for Mr . and Mrs . Stone ? packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; That packersrsquo ; s us, packersrdquo ; Laura said . In name, at least . The man held out a badge . packersldquo ; I packersrsquo ; m Detective Mike Bartholemew . And I packersrsquo ; d really like to speak to your daughter . packersrdquo ; Daniel had been inside the Bethel police station only once, when he packersrsquo ; d chaperoned Trixie packersrsquo ; s second - grade class there on a field trip . He remembered the quilt that hung in the lobby, stars sewn to spell out PROTECT AND SERVE, and the booking room, where the whole class had taken a collective grinning mug shot . He had not seen the conference room until this morning - a small, gray cubicle with a reverse mirrored window that some idiot contractor had put in backward, so that from inside, Daniel could see the traffic of cops in the hallway checking their reflections . He focused on the winding wheels of the tape recorder . It was easier than concentrating on the words coming out of Trixie packersrsquo ; s mouth, an exhaustive description of the previous night . She had already explained how, when she left home, she changed into a different outfit . How there was Santonio Holmes Jersey a posse of players from the hockey team present when she arrived at Zephyr packersrsquo ; s, and how, by the end of the evening, it was only the four of them . One parent was allowed in with Trixie when she gave her statement . Because Laura had been at the hospital exam - or maybe because of what Daniel had said to her in the hall - she had Rocky Bleier Jersey decided that he should be the one to go . It was only after he was inside that he realized this was more of a trial than an advantage . He had to sit very still and listen to Trixie packersrsquo ; s story in excruciating detail, smiling at her in encouragement and telling her she was doing great, when what he really wanted was to grab the detective and ask him why the hell he hadn packersrsquo ; t locked up Jason Underhill yet . He wondered how, in just an hour packersrsquo ; s time, he packersrsquo ; d regressed back to being the kind of person he packersrsquo ; d been a lifetime ago - someone for whom feeling came before thought, for whom reason was a postscript . He wondered if this happened to all fathers : as their daughters grew up, they slid backward . Bartholemew had brewed coffee . He packersrsquo ; d brought in a box of tissues, which he put near Trixie, just in case . Daniel liked thinking that Bartholemew had been through this before . He liked knowing that someone had . packersldquo ; What were you drinking ? packersrdquo ; the detective asked Trixie . She was wearing the pink shirt and sweatpants that Daniel had brought, plus his coat . He packersrsquo ; d forgotten to bring hers back, even when he went home again . packersldquo ; Santonio Holmes Jersey Coke, packersrdquo ; Trixie said . packersldquo ; With rum . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; Were you using any drugs ? packersrdquo ; She looked down at the table and shook her head . packersldquo ; Trixie, packersrdquo ; the detective said . packersldquo ; You packersrsquo ; re going to have to speak up . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; No, packersrdquo ; she answered . packersldquo ; What happened next ? packersrdquo ; Daniel listened to her describe a girl he didn packersrsquo ; t know, one who lap - danced and played strip poker . Her voice flattened under the weight of her bad judgment . packersldquo ; After Zephyr went upstairs with Moss, I figured everyone was gone . I was going to go home, but I wanted to sit down for a minute, because I had a really bad headache . And it turned out Jason hadn packersrsquo ; t left . He said he wanted to make sure I was all right . I started to cry . packersrdquo ; |
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steven605
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