She's an accountant. Nicely dressed. Her boyfriend is in the bar too, but I've not seen them together for more than a minute at a time. So we talked a...lot.Not sure why but she extended an offer for me to come to her place later. Ok. She has a boyfriend. Sure. She asked if I was ok with that."As long as it's ok with you.." Yeah."More idle chat about nothing. Then:"How about 9:30?" Ok."I'm still not certain how this is going to work, but she seems to know.More idle talk."I bet you've done this. "Be back in a few minutes." Are you going to request assistance in searching?" Selina asked."Hmmm. In a way. You two just stay here. I'll be back shortly."Jeff, Diana, Arlene and Selina were in the sitting room of Selina's suite. The tech had just finished installing the tiny camera in the six-year-old's bathroom. As the technician turned to the Colonel, Jeff shook his head. "Tell her," he said, nodding to Selina.Jeff almost told the Security tech to treat Selina as an adult, but stopped. Mom wondered why you were so cryptic when you called to say that you wouldn’t be home for supper. What did Carson have to say?”“It doesn’t look good. He thinks that someone’s paying off people on the council.”Kia sighed. “Well, don’t lose hope. Things always seem to come down to the wire, and we always manage.”He nodded, despite not really feeling his sister’s optimism. He turned back toward the hall when he heard the bathroom door open.“Thanks,” Brooke said, her cheeks a little red.“My sister,. This is my first attempt at writing and I know that having completed the novel, I have learnt so much more than I knew at the outset. Two areas of feedback are welcomed: Encouragement that will inspire me to write more… and constructive criticisms that will help me improve. Voting that will help me assess the enjoyment factor…. or otherwise. CHAPTER ONE: BEGINNINGS It was late that evening when Daniel returned from his day’s work, wearily pulling into the loading dock and parking the truck..