Lucas met his with aclink, and, for good measure, Tricia added her plastic water bottle inwith a hollow thunk.Lucas drank up the tea. "Mmm... this is ...delicious." He finished it in oneshot."It's a special blend," Jed grinned."So when do I start?" Lucas asked, hearing a strange rustling sound."You can start immediately if you want." He smiled in anticipation as theyoung man's skin color turned to a brownish grey color as he froze inplace. The entire surface of his body became very dry and. I opened the front door.No fucking newspaper.I wanted to scream out...”Typical!”Then the memory kicked in and I had to sit down for a moment and let my tears flow in private because everybody knows real men don’t cry.Today was the funeral.Today was the day I would bury my beloved Julie. I knew what was in the coffin. It was the bits and pieces of what had been a beautiful young woman in the prime of her life. My young bride had been wiped off the game-board of life by a bomb meant specifically. Morris is?’ Alex asked. ‘Yeah, I do,’ Tim replied. ‘He’s a teacher here in school. New guy, just got out of college.’ ‘There any physical evidence to tie this Morris guy to the victim?’ Alex asked. ‘The forensic guys are going over the office right now,’ Tim replied. ‘If there’s anything there, they’ll find it. We have a ton of blood in there. Maybe we’ll get lucky and our doer got cut up, too.’ ‘What about the rape kit?’ Alex asked. ‘Paramedics said they’d be sure the hospital does one as soon. "Come on boss, you know better than anyone that sometimes rangers like me have no choice but to step outside of the law. Our local judges aren't exactly competent so sometimes we have to take matters into our own hands." Gaius spoke in his soft, slightly southern, yet posh voice. The Captain was genuinely stressed and it was all Gaius' fault. Though he rarely listened, Dickerson was someone who he deeply respected, even if his own stubborn nature didn't allow him to show it. He walked slowly to.