Rossi the Knight in Shining Armour

Chapter 1 Rossi the Knight in Shining Armour August 1973

Eighteen year old Rossi knew what was going to happen if he didn't get 17 year old Maria Torrelli out of the house. He had to act quickly. She was on the floor passed out from drinking too much alcohol. She had also smoked some marijuana. He quickly picked her up off the floor and carried her outside to his car. He then put her in the back seat and then drove away. No one at the party noticed as they were partying upstairs. He took her home to were her aging grandparents lived. They had no idea that she had sneaked out to attend a party that she wasn't supposed to be attending. Both were senile and most of the time had no idea what was going on. Rossi had kept an eye on her as he was concerned about her well being. It would be years later before he realized what he had done for her.

Rossi slept on the couch but kept an eye on her to make sure she was okay. The next morning she was throwing up and was having a very bad hangover. Rossi made her some coffee and made her grandparents breakfast as this was one of the days they were totally out of it.

Until her parents had died a couple of years before, they had basically tried to shelter her from bad things. They were very strict with her. She had recently graduated from Sacred Heart High School and was until a year ago was very sheltered by her grandparents. She was a very naive girl. Rossi having graduated from a public high school and been out in the world was well aware of the dark side of life. Soon Rossi would be going into the Marines and Torrrelli would be going to college.

Chapter 2 They meet again

In 1988 Rossi happened to meet Maria Torrelli at a law enforcement convention in New York. He was surprised to learn that Maria Torrelli had a brief marriage after college and was now married to a judge who was on the New York Supreme Court. Anthony Fillini was about 20 years older than Maria. His wife had died back in the late 1970's. . Maria had gone to law school and was work in an appeals court. Rossi had just gotten out of the Marine after serving for 15 years. He was now working for the FBI studying people's behavior.