When pressed, she admitted that she would be on her own at Christmas and, no she didn't mind turkey. She didn't like the church singles meal and staye...d at home (which Delia already knew after the previous year and from Edna Brown).Delia also spoke to and invited Edna."Oh, my dear, that's a lovely idea, but it wouldn't work. Edith never forgave me for marrying Jim Brown. They were engaged for a while, but he couldn't cope with her social aspirations; he just wanted to be a small-town solicitor,. April had actually been kidding around and making some fairly overt sexual innuendoes with Chuck and Ron, but finally one of the guys decided to put April's alleged horniness to the test and see if she'd either "put up or shut up"."So, April, you're saying that you don't get fucked enough and you wish you could find a couple of horny guys on the side who could fuck you and keep you satisfied when your husband isn't "up" to the task?" Chuck asked as he stood there beside April's desk."Yes, guys,. "Hey, at least nobody's shooting at you!" He grinned. "I might ask for a transfer myself," he said, his smile fading. "I can't get anything done with Frank Fucking Dillworth dogging my tracks. He says I have promise! Can you believe that shit?"Don Simpson had been a cop for six years and a detective for two. He deferred to Bob's ten year record, but he was very good, when given the chance to be so."A nice, quiet squad car and writing a few tickets now and then might be nice," sighed Don."I've. Tom used to rave so much about her beauty and the excess of his own feelings that, as you know, I took a good deal of trouble in the matter, and persuaded her to give him some comfort and relief by somewhat freer poses than the preceding ones, through my camera as a medium.Louisa had, at last, become quite familiar and friendly with me and, in the end, came to see me unaccompanied by the person who had acted heretofore as a sort of duenna. She saw also what a great admiration I had for Tom.