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"Yeah, well, you’re the only laho’s ever e for a plea bargain Do you knoyou in the jury rooh

"Yeah, I’ any laws I re up on the bench presiding as judge over a case and I was down onyou I can’t take anyers through his hair and started striding back and forth at an al to redistribute the blood flow in his lower regions

"We’ll be home in four hours," I said I tried not to think about what kind of condition I would be in by then, though I had a feeling that I ain

"Four hours That’s what? Two hundred and forty minutes Just to let you know, at two hundred and forty-one I’ to need those panties off, baby"

"I’ll take them off before I leave It’ll save us a few seconds I don’t think we have to go all the way to the bedrooht there inside the front door"

"I’ood with that," I said with a nod

"Sounds like we have a plan Good working with you, counselor," he said decisively We packed up our briefcases and off to respective offices

Thursday

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Coan, striding up to the witness stand with his usual confident deht you here today?"

"On June third of this year I was traveling westbound on the Schuylkill Expresshen I noticed a gray Toyota Corolla following closely behindto catch uy and I noted that he looked very earnest

"How so?" Braden asked He had such a powerful voice I loved his voice Especially when he was talking dirty to me … okay, pay attention, Gabrielle! I shookout the driver sideshouting, ‘hey cop’" Yep, seeht Brilliant deduction on Officer Standish’s part He was going to lanced at me with amusement

"What happened then?" he asked Braden walked over to the prosecution table and put his hands down, leaning over, looking for so over h my head Concentrate, Gabrielle! Concentrate He found his report and strode back to the witness

"The Corolla pulled up alongside my patrol vehicle and the driver, defendant Wayne Blakey, called out ‘catch ster wannabe - as in the 1920’s kind – driving a freaking Toyota

"What happened next?" Braden asked