“Oh, my God,” James gasped. “You had sex with the cop?”“Yes ... in ... in the jail cell.”The room was suddenly silent again. James sat bac...k with a look of total shock on his face. “Uh ... Vicky ... uh ... I don’t know what to say.”Vicky didn’t know what to say either. She sat quietly and waited for the tirade she knew was coming.After another long pause James said, “Well, I guess you did what you had to do. Being arrested would have caused lots of problems with my family, not to mention what. They never went off. ‘A kid Bess. A little kid for God’s sake.’ He wiped the back of his hand angrily over the tear as it rolled down his cheek. ‘Here’s the stinger part, Bess. Later on that night, the squad were rolling about on the ground laughing their asses off about it.’ It must have been the mother in me, I moved close to him then. I held him tight, rocked him as he grieved. He shoved me away. ‘Leave me alone, Bess. Go away.’ I figured I was about as useful as a fly on a skeleton then. I. All of a sudden, Josie's anxieties came to the front."Are you and Ellen ... you know ... are you together now?"He sounded pissed, even though his voice remained calm."That's really none of your business, Josie," she heard and then a click as the connection broke.She sat for minutes with the receiver still in her hands. His hostility had been barely veiled or was it the hurt he must still feel? Anyway, she had reached what she had tried. She could offer something to Pat and Megan in exchange for. The price for entrance seemed very high, but Jiri paid without complaint. He had travelled this far, and was resigned to paying dearly for his hobby. In any case, he knew the difficulty of keeping such places in order in such a small town.She gave directions to view the collection. She had a melodious voice, and spoke perfect English, unusual in these parts, although with an accent he could not place."There is a door at the end of the corridor. Only one visitor is allowed each day to the.