I ruthlessly crushed the urge to pull away, even without a warning twinge from my bladder. Stacey finished blowing out the last of the candles, moment...arily enveloping us in dissipating smoke. ‘I’m afraid Linnea and I have other engagements,’ she remarked regretfully. ‘I hope you can continue your investigation on your own, for the time being.’ ‘Such a shame,’ the judge commented, holding her hand in place. ‘Other people have been doing interesting research, too. I was hoping to have time to. "I don't know if he was sandbagging at the end or not, but at least he didn't put any of us in any danger." What time in the morning am I heading for Indianapolis?" she asked."Whenever the helicopter gets here, but I assume it'll be fairly early. I'm going to spend the night here and go with you." Then you'd better call Ronnie and let him know," she said."Good idea," I told her. I called Ronnie and told him of my plan to go to Indy with Patty."That's fine," he said. "We're off next weekend, so. .." Would you do that for me, Carolyn?" I asked her gently."If you ... want me to..." she cleared her throat as a door behind her opened and a heavyset man appeared, giving me a look and a lick of his lips."I'll let you know," I promised her, and then louder. "Thank you, Carolyn." Yes ma'am," she was blushing and looking down as I walked away.That woman hadn't been hard to pick out, the guilty ones liked to hide their desires behind a mask of moral outrage. She'd given me the looks for the. I realised justhow short my dress was. The ladies got out first and opened the rear doorfor me to get out. I realised that they were standing so as to block theview as I inexpertly stepped out. However, judging by my mother-in-lawssatisfied grin, she had a clear view of my knickers. I realised I wouldhave to learn how to get out of a car without opening my legs so farapart. "Don't walk too fast and take short steps," advised Alice as shetook my arm. "And ignore all the male glances. They can't.