.. either don't do anything illegal, or don't tell her. At the first sign of trouble, she'll bail on you and spill her guts."He escorted the two of us... outside to a waiting Sheriff's Department Jeep. We got in and waited for a few minutes as they loaded our luggage.He spoke to another man that I recognized, who got into the driver's seat. "Hi Uncle John," I said."Hey Rick," he said back. He turned to face us and looked at Heidi. She paled quickly and then looked at me."Your Uncle is the frigging. Do you have any idea how much you've changed since you and Jack got together?" I haven't really thought about it." I have. I remember the insecure little girl who talked to me on the phone that night when Jack had to rush over to your house after dinner because he thought he'd lost you. And I look at the two of you now. I'm amazed at the difference, in both of you. And I'm so proud..."I don't think any of us thought about it. One moment we were sitting at the kitchen table and the next we were. "It's a man!" Do you suppose he might... ?" No! He might be a bad man!" He's cute," said the other and giggled. "Ask him!" No!" I dare you ... Are you chicken?"I could see now it was the slightly younger girl goading the older."Mister!" called the big one, trying to escape chickenhood."Good afternoon, girls," I said."Can you come here?" she continued. "We want to ask you something."The girls were right to be wary of a man they encountered way out in the woods, but I knew I would do them no. I held her, rocking in my arms."Why won't you tell me who did that to you? Who burned you?"She tensed, pushed me away and ran to the bedroom. A minute later I heard the shower running. I began to wash the breakfast dishes and clean up the kitchen.The new checks had arrived. Laura wrote checks to pay the rent and some bills and we drove down to the post office to mail them. She wanted me to go into the bank with her. On the way to the car she handed me the deposit slip to post in the check.