Is knowing important?" Maybe." I told him about Alana then, not in detail but enough that he could understand my concern. Of course telling him about ...lana worried him, not because I was harboring a young woman in his home, but instead because I'd once again put myself in harm's way. "I'll check with Newman about any gang affiliations," I said."All right. By the way, you can pick up your Civic." He gave me the vehicles location and a phone number. "Maureen wants to talk to you now. Take care,. ”“Have you talked or anything?”“No, nothing really. We’ll be in the same Honors class next year ... so, I don’t know ... maybe.”“Get to know him, dear, talk to him and see if you are interested in him. Be careful though, don’t be too cool or he may slip away!”The two laughed and hugged. Carrie felt so good about her daughter; nothing in the world could possibly be wrong or out of order.On Thursday, Kendal slipped a note to Mr. Wallace. It read, ‘Sat free 10 2 4 coffee shop next to Piggly Wiggly. He had a plantation outside Lusaka. When I say plantation it was 3000 square miles! He had numerous businesses from tobacco farming to a game reserve. He had a transport company, and other investments he was more vague about. It seems he wanted to improve road connections and had been offered a World Bank loan to build a new road, but needed professional staff on board before the loans would be granted.He offered me, there and then, a position as Project Manager providing we flew at the. She was never going to get to sleep. Maybe a glass of warm milk would help, she thought.Mind made up, Kristin climbed out of bed and headed for the kitchen. As she passed the door to her mother's room, she heard a rhythmic squeaking and a low-pitched moan.Kristin was worried about the moan. Was her mother in pain? She peered through the space left by the slightly ajar door - and was shocked by what she saw.Her mother was on her hands and knees on the bed, and Kristin's Uncle Nick - her mother's.