Then her eyes... "You go to work today. I will meet with Pat..."She stood up. "Come, I will fix breakfast."Carlita's turn:I try very hard to speak Eng...lish. I am starting to think in English when I speak, but there is one time that I do not have English because I cannot think. It is Dave. My Dave.Three weeks ago I lived afraid that men and boys would find out I was not, Carlos, but Carlita, and touch me and do things to me that I did not want done. I knew of young girls and women who started the. And by God, it was your decision the first time you spread your legs for that asshole." Oh Dan, you just don't understand why I did what I did or how little Brian means to me." I guess I don't and I really don't care to know at this time. All I know is YOUR child is upstairs in tears and there is nothing I can do to make it better. I suggest you go tend to Megan's emotional needs and I will go tend to mine."With that I had left the house and never sat foot in it again. I heard from some friends. ‘As Senior Sergeant I’m allowed to follow up on an investigation.’ ‘If you say so. But I still think we should have told Stacey and Lieutenant Baldwin what we’re up to. What is Emmy going to say when she finds out?’ ‘Emmy will understand the need for urgency. This is very time sensitive.’ I hedged my answer, I wasn’t a hundred percent sure what my wife and senior officer would say, that’s why I hadn’t told her. ‘I know, but….’ Paul obviously had reservations about going behind both our bosses’. I learned she loved surfing and bicycling in that first conversation - while we spent a fair amount of time talking together at this chilly table sitting on wet metal bar stools after the service. We exchanged contact information. I'd like to think that in the month that passed before the new year we chatted a fair amount but honestly, it was probably only a message here or a liked photo there, and so on... We actually did see each other in person again at a holiday party during December,.