some college girl , maybe eighteen or nineteen , was working the cash register . `` not if i can help it , '' he told her , and slipped the straps of her dress off her shoulders . a bunch of microphones were shoved under her chin . now , what have you two found out ? '' just saying it brought a smile to my lips , and butterflies took flight in my belly . figured , the place had smelled of cops . `` what can i do to prove it to you ? 