That was one good thing about prohibition; it kept everybody on their toes. Now in this time of peace, they all get soft, eh." His expression darkened... and he turned serious, "As for the chopper squad bringing you a present, you have Branch to thank for that. He has been making the wrong friends. He was not happy with me deciding not to get involved with hop and was getting cozy with Mr. Blue. Mr. Blue will sell drugs and Branch heard the ding-a-ling of all the kale he thought he was missing out. The staff was ready by the time he got to the men, and he stabbed each one of them in the groin. He twisted the blade as he withdrew it in order to make as grievous a wound as possible. None of the men were dead yet, which was what he had in mind. Nevertheless, the wounds were serious enough that the men fell to the floor and groaned, all of them in enough pain that they made no effort to call for help or to warn anyone else in the building.The Ghost wiped the blood off his blades and snapped. I told her I would be glad to drop her off at home.She accepted my offer, and I ended up giving her rides to and from school for most of the school year. The rides led to talks, and as Gena was now considered a dangerous woman to date if you weren’t serious, it got to where she desperately asked me to take her to a school dance. I agreed and we set it up. Lucky for me, a poor kid with a part-time job who needed to pay for my car insurance, books, and clothes, as well as any after school. M. Thursday.”I thanked him and hung up the phone. I was in a conundrum as to how to approach this and since I was totally willing to participate it was still a difficult decision to make.As I returned to the booth, she slide out and let me slide in, then she slide in.I asked if they would like to have dinner with me while I thought this though.They agreed and I motioned for the waiter to bring some more menus.After we had ordered and eaten, I asked if there as some place private we could.