Standing as close to her as I was, I could tell the coat she wore wasn’t that bulky across her chest. Yet, she didn’t seem to catch the double mea...ning of her retort.Then she looked at me. Her eyes narrowed, and she opened her mouth to say something when the door to the store opened, interrupting her.The two men from outside came in. “Tree’s ready,” one of them said. Then he looked at me.I recognized him and thought, “Not again.” It was another friend and fellow bully of Riley’s, Nigel. Pam says it’s mine, and there is a possible opportunity about eight weeks ago when it could have happened,” I said.“You’re dealing with two separate but related issues here,” Don said. “The first is the criminal matter. That’s not our specialty, and I’d advise you to find someone good to defend yourself. You being a high-profile person in the community means that shortly you’ll be on the front page of every newspaper across the Midwest. The DA won’t want to be seen as soft on crime, and may. I tried so hard to give you my virginity but I chickened out at the last minute. Now, I see what a disaster that caused. If I’d just gone through with it that first time, things would be so different. But I didn’t. I was with Mr. Dixon and instead of being in his office, we went for a ride in his van, which we did on occasion. We parked somewhere, I couldn’t tell you where, though, and got in the back to make out.“For the first time he put his hands down my jeans and fingered me. I was super. No previous girlfriend had ever occupied his mind like that, and it was weird; he'd made sure not to tell anyone, not even Bax. He understood guys like Cole and Obie having women on their minds; they were married. Tolya and Sara were pretty serious, so he got that, too. He wasn't sure if he and Ryan were at that point. He pondered that as he dressed. Maybe they were. He hadn't planned on that, but he knew things didn't always go as planned—such as the pass he'd made in the last game. He'd.