Rachel gave a knowing smile, "If you are serious, I and my mom mighttake on the task of whipping you into shape. It would mean spending a lot oftime d...own here at our house and maybe even going out-of-town to clinics andstuff. Do you think you can get away from your house for that much time?" Carol jumped up and down with joy, "Oh hell yes, I can get away. Mydad is never around and my mom doesn't care if I ran away. It would be morefood for her." "Then it's settled then, we will begin your. "So don't get your hopes up. Aintcha heard? They're going out into the deep woods. Then nobody ain't gonna see them no more!" Don't you bet your life on that," Bartan had growled, but Frittis had already drawn back from him, her face white under its smudges of dirt."He's funning," she'd whispered. "Tell me he's just funning me. Nobody never goes into the deep woods." Oh, we're going all right." Bartan's laugh had been deep and infectious. "And we're coming back. Coming back with gold, and. Roger told Sermon that he was crazy; Roger didn't know anything about what the FBI said that Ben Chu was involved in so why would anyone want to kill him.It was over two weeks before Roger felt that he could function enough to return to work. When he walked into the office everyone offered their condolences and asked if the FBI or the police had any information about Lei's murder. It seemed to Roger that it took hours before he reached his office.For the next several days Roger sat at his desk. Mrs. Dennison greeted Bobby at the door wearing a pair of form-fitting jeans that set off her finely shaped legs and bottom nicely. The way her breasts moved under the wide-necked, multi-colored T-shirt she had on told Bobby that she was braless. ‘The boxes I need help with are in there in the office,’ Mrs. Dennison said, gesturing toward a doorway. ‘I really do appreciate your coming over on such short notice, Bobby.’ ‘Ah…OK, sure,’ Bobby replied. He wondered what Mrs. Dennison looked like.