My mother saw my look of utter amazement on my face and smiled naughtily.“Anna is joining us,” she grinned mischievously, “aren’t we sort of a... family, after all, the three of us?”Maybe, but an intensely dysfunctional family, I thought, though I decided against saying anything. Anna put the glasses on the nightstand, opened the bottle and poured the glasses. All three of us took a glass and my mother toasted. “To your seventeenth birthday, Peter!” We all took several swigs and put the glasses. A badge, a pair of handcuffs and a semi-automatic pistol were plainly visible on his waist. He carried a large manila file folder in his left hand. He looked like what he was—a detective, a man used to interrogating suspected criminals.Frank almost moaned in fear at the very sight of him. Why the hell didn't Manny just leave that guy alone? Why?The man closed the door behind him and looked Frank up and down for a moment, his eyes giving no clue as to what was going on behind them. Finally, his. Incidentally, Lila doesn’t know but I’m going to be promoted to Captain.’ I exclaimed, ‘Paul that’s great. Congratulations.’ He smiled, ‘Thank you. I think a great deal of it is because of Lila. She has grounded me. Being with her has given me a pool of calm that I can draw from in stressful situations. There have been many since I started courting Lila. The pool of calm has let me consider situations more fully. I think I’ve made better decisions because of that. Apparently so do my bosses,. ”Shit always tends to roll downhill. The police station was no exception. However, it seems that someone picked up an entire sewage settling pond and poured it down the elevator shaft from the top floor while everyone was down in the sub-basement eating donuts.First one of their lawyer women got a call, turned red, started having some very angry words with whoever they were talking with and then quickly left. Both of my heavily armed, full swat gear guards got a call over their radios and they.