Spade quickly gets dressed as Nikkie grabs her phone and enters Pard's number. The phone rings three times and Nikkie snarls into the answering machine. "Pard this is Nikkie, my man tells me that you were here and said we need to talk. We will be waiting on the front porch and when you get here we can talk. But you are going to be doing a lot of listening. Get your ass over here. Don't make me come over after you mister."...

At exactly five the next morning, Spade is awakened by the sharp metallic click of the door latch. He opens one eye and looks towards the door to see Nikkie slipping in the door with a glass of ice water in hand. He watches until she is close to the bed then turns the light on. He stands up forgetting that he is naked."Nikkie, one drop of water on me and I promise you that you are going swimming in the stock tank robe and...

At precisely five a.m. Spade was brought out of a deep sleep by a loud pounding on the door. Sitting up with eyes wide and breaking out in a cold sweat, he growls, "Damn woman, you didn't happen to be a goddamned Marine gunny did ya?" "I coulda been, but I wanted to be a cop, now you eating with me or what?" Spade smiles as he hears a soft laugh outside the door. "Can I shower first or do you want me to smell like a goat?...