Man it and take all calls. We have another homicide so stay there until we get back." Gotcha sheriff," the black deputy said.It took them twenty minut...s to get onto a seldom used road. It used to be an old logging gravel path. Rumor had it that the loggers were going to use it next spring to mark, cut down dead or dying trees, and have them shipped to the saw mill where Susan's husband was a foreman.Cal was surprised to find Alan there. "What are you doing here?" I'm keeping the crime scene. ‘I’m sorry mum wants me to ask. Would you like to sit here with her friends and have a cup tea or coffee?’ They sat on the footpath under the tree as Mai explained. ‘I am an orphan. Mrs. Nguyen has a family of seven daughters we are all orphans. Her husband was killed in the American war. He was a successful farmer. They grew fruit and vegetables. One month after their wedding the American bombers killed him.’ ‘Mrs. Nguyen saw the number of families destroyed by the war and offered a home to. Then an opportunity occurred. Some friends from work threw a Halloween Party, and Larry and I were invited. Larry didn't really know anyone there, but we went for the fun of it. He dressed as a sheik and I went as a harem girl dressed in see-through pants and a tiny bikini. (If I say so myself, I think I looked every bit as sexy as Barbara Eaton did on I Dream of Jeanie.) The party was a lot of fun, and as the night wore on we danced away. The black guys from work were there and they loved my. I brought her over to our house and my parents were surprised she was of mixed race. I guess I didn't really have many black friends especially girls. She was so darn cute and nice they had to like her.We were pals; we didn't spend all our time together but when we did, we always had fun. My parents invited her go to the zoo with us and even once to the beach. As I mentioned, she was my pal. I never thought of her as a girl.When I was about ten years old, my parents bought a home in the.