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here was business

And then there as right

Sometimes, you had to choose the latter

Like it or not

We would be able to rest easy knowing that these woet the help they needed

And then ould handle the assholes who did this to them

Before the feds got through all their bureaucratic tape enough to ferret them out themselves

And we could do that while si for Romy's sister

Speaking of Rolad as to finally be able to make my way home to her

The day had gone longer than we'd anticipated It was a quarter after five before I could finally get in my car and head back

I rode the elevator up, trying to remember the appropriate ways to comfort an upset woman

Only to walk into Romy in the kitchen, blues onon the cutting board

"Oh, finally," she said, offering me a warm smile, and it was then I could see the evidence of the tears The puffy lids, the red-rimmed eyes

But she was s

And cooking