Adkins came over and held out her arms to me. When I stood up, she hugged me tightly. Holding me, she kissed my head and whispered, "None of this is y...our fault, Sweetie."I saw Dr. Blackmon walk through the door. He had pulled his surgical mask down and I could tell from the look on his face that things weren't good. When he said, "Chief and Mrs. Adkins, I'm sorry," I made a bee-line for the door, but Dad stepped in front of me and wrapped me in a bear hug. The moment his arms went around me, I. A man appeared in the back of the room wearing an apron, waving and saying something in German which left little doubt in Clara’s mind for her to return later. She refused to accept the response and knocked again, showing her police badge. The man didn’t see the badge and came closer to the door determined to free himself of a very persistent customer. However, when he came face to face with the shiny bronze badge, he turned pale, stared in surprise, and froze like a statue.“Bom dia,” Clara. So anyway she does not want to lose the bag and our money is in it as well so she pops open the front door stark naked to grab it.’ By now Mark is starting to laugh. I think I may as well tell the rest myself. I did not want to look too stupid. I jumped in, ‘Yes well the villas were out over the water on stilts and a long way apart so I figured the chances of anyone seeing me were miniscule so I thought I would just pop the door open for a second, grab my bag and close it again. I did not. Tiny was following her, having a difficult time walking because he too was excited by the views.Phil and Judy showed up at six-forty with both breakfast sandwiches and donuts. Food is bait for the guys as Tom and Al, followed by Charlie, Jim, and Hank, then Martin showed up. With the girls showing off this morning, the exchanges were full of innuendo and teasing. Debbie imitated Shawna in a T-shirt full of strategic holes. Shawna's T-shirt was short but Debbie's was shorter. There was no doubt.
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