” He laughed slightly, “Besides,” he continued, “the paddle was a slapstick.”“I didn’t think it was very funny,” she huffed back.“Sl...apstick means funny,” he replied, “because in the really old days, vaudeville comedians would hit people with a big wooden paddle that made a lot of noise, but didn’t really hurt. That’s because it was actually two very thin paddles separated by an equally thin air space. What the audience actually heard was the two paddles– or sticks– slapping together. It was a. I can't... Johnny, hecan't see me like this, it would be..." Let me show you something just as incredible," Madame Jae's assistant,Loretta said sweetly, as she took Lou by the hand down the hallway. Thebodice he was wearing and the unease in heels forced him to takemincing steps, causing his suddenly bubbled bottom to sway like alifelong female. His male ego was smothered.Loretta welcomed Lou into the room where Madame Jae was waiting with asomewhat familiar young woman. Then it hit Lou and. As a result, he had used the information to solve a huge smuggling case.The detective even came and thanked me, but not Doug.I was surprised to find it was Kyle Reed.Kyle and I had a bit of history. He used to work as a detective in Port Douglas. When I started studying my Criminal Law Degree, I often went to work with dad, so I could access their archives to find local examples to use in my assignments. Dad also had a good collection of law books that he kept there in a small library for his. They walked tall proud of who they were. But if you spoke to them they were the most down to earth people easily understanding others.During their time growing up they were always connected at night. As babies they would not stop crying unless in the same crib, later beds. As they got older their parents would try and separate them at night. They always found a way to be together even to the extent of just fingers under the door laying on the floorboards. By the time they were seven the parents.