The ghosts of “What If?” - What if he lost Anna? What if he lost Dalia, also? What if he lost every goddamn friend he had – all 3 of them? What ...if he never kissed her, or felt her body against his, or tasted her again? Play me, the note said. The DVD was obviously homemade and had a simple one-word title. MILK. A chill of slight fear went through Cody. He stared at the DVD cover and the note – but they weren't giving up any clues about the contents. He pressed play, apprehensively. First. A. at present." "L.A. that's not La Rochelle?" replied Jack. Avril looked at Jack with a hint of peevishness and the resultant swot from the crop against his leg turned it into a smile. "Mistress." added Jack hurriedly. "Better, I think you both know why she is there." Jack looked at Fay and they exchanged a knowledgeable smile. "As your reward, Tanya has arranged a little gathering for you both. We all watched your performance at the hotel, both you with Tanya and both of you with that young. Smart people are fine, but imaginative or creative people are dangerous in the priestly world. I guess you didn't quite toe the line, guardsman." I behaved," Stefan defended himself, "but I was so bored with the lessons that I hardly put any effort into my studies and that was not proper attitude for final vows."The old man closed the book and patted Stefan's hand where it rested on the table, "Consider yourself one of the lucky ones, son. You got out from under their grip."Stefan blanched. " OK," said Bob."So we never actually tied him to all those rapes. The guy was buried as a John Doe and we had to fudge a little when we told all the victims their attacker was dead." OK," said Bob again."But when this Fetterman thing blew up, they went back and reinvestigated all the cases. They ran the DNA. It really DID tie all the cases together." He looked over at Bob."You have a point," said Bob. "Why not get to it?" The point is that now that she confessed to killing him, they had to.