"Are you okay?" he asked. Nikki just nodded.Brad leaned back in the driver's seat and sighed. It had been hours since the robbery, and only now they c...ould finally relax."Did anyone follow us?" Nikki asked quietly."I don't think so," Brad said. "No."He thought he'd heard the sound of a motorcycle. But there was no need to make Nikki upset. It had been her first job, and she was pretty nervous as it was.Brad opened the car door and got out onto the road."Don't you feel like a breath of fresh. Now work that was a different matter altogether, a small engineering company on the outskirts of town, they’d never employed more than a dozen men, but it was normally more like eight, and that included Dave and Mike Houseman the owners. Until last year I had been the only women working there the PA, filing clerk, and general dogsbody. It was the general dogsbody part I’d grown to love.Mike the older brother had joined the company eight years earlier and eventually took it over from his elderly. Beast asked if I’d like to go cruising with Tree and him at some point over the weekend. I had to tell him Friday was out, as I was going to the game and the opening night of races came Saturday night. I planned to watch as a spectator, and grandpa offered to take me. Sunday afternoon was about all I had.He pondered it for a moment. “I’ll call and pick you up sometime Sunday afternoon. We’ll shoot hoops at my place, or even Tree’s.“Sounds great,” I agreed. “My Sundays belong to me anyway,” I. And I could tell him. Brian, he didn't yell at me. He didn't quote Bible verses. He didn't preach or lecture me. All he said was that he only wanted my happiness. It was easy to slip away for a few minutes on Christmas Day. There was so much activity. We went out and petted the horses. We didn't ride, but we stood out there under the shelter and fed them carrots and rubbed their muzzles. And I told him that Josh and I were agreed and I felt it was right. And he hugged me and cried and said,.