.."Did Ken quit... hey! Wait a second! You're Ken!" No, I'm Jennifer. Ken is gone and won't be returning."Surprising me, she didn't even bat an eye wh...en I told her that. Sheknew of course, but seemed to ignore my new status, and said... "Well,let me introduce around the office then!"It was hard to do, but had to be done eventually, so I agreed, and aswe walked through meeting people, she told them that I was Ken'sreplacement. Nobody seemed to get it right away, and although I did geta few long. If that bothers her, tell her to come back tomorrow." Don't worry about me," grinned Detective Hart as she strode into the room with Kate following. "I grew up with three brothers and we only had one bathroom. I've seen it all. Sadly, I only have a recorder and not a camera. There won't be any video."The detective smiled as she pulled a chair over close to the tub, sat down, and dug out a recorder and placed it on the ledge near Steve's laptop. "You probably heard that the ambulance was stopped. She got a call to go help her mom and found a babysitter for me. Jerry lived down the street and was 16. He came over and mom left. Jerry knew he would have to spend the next 2 nights watching me. I was supposed to stay in bed except for bathroom, and once a day I could go to the dining room to eat. Jerry was good to me and he allowed me to eat in the kitchen for lunch and dinner. He fed me breakfast in bed and treated me like his little king. One day at breakfast, he sat on the edge of the bed. Penny shot an icy look at her sister. "And condemn one girl every year to lifelong sexual slavery? I will not sacrifice someone else when I can sacrifice myself. No, I'll do this. Maybe this is all my fault. Maybe I should've left well enough alone. But you didn't have to help them." She drew herself up straight. "Goodbye, Jo."She turned and marched out of the church and back into the past.Diane could not contain herself. As snow shimmered back into existence around her, she dropped her face.
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