Chapter 46 ‘SO, I GUESS THIS QUALIFIES as our first date, doesn’t it?’ I said with a smile as Melissa climbed into my new-to-me but still old lime green Chevy Cavalier. ‘Well, it is the first time we’ve gotten together for a reason other than the Addict Killer, but we can call it a date only if we say nothing about the case tonight. Let’s see how we go, shall we?’ replied Melissa. We went to a great Italian restaurant down in Springfield and enjoyed some scrumptious pasta, delicious wine, and delightful conversation. Setting ourselves the challenge of not talking about the case was great for consciously talking about things other than the filth of what we were investigating. We talked for hours about Bobby and how he was doing, how my recovery was going, my Narcotics Anonymous meetings,

