" Theywent back to the office car park."We'll be late back to work, will it matter?" she asked him."No, and you'll see why when we get there."He gave...her directions as they went through the town, but would onlytell her that the person they were going to see would be a surprise.It certainly was a puzzle for her as they pulled up in a wide driveoutside what could only be described as a mansion. A uniformed manopened the door."Tony Waltham, I am expected." The man showed them in."Tony, why on. “We’ll discuss that later ... just believe you both leaving it up to me is incurring a debt.”Madam Gao returned to the table.“Now that we’ve had coffee, we can discuss whatever you like,” she said.“So, any other reasons you were planning to kidnap us for five or six months? Other than social interaction with Jason’s constellation?”“Yes.”“Aaand you’re not going to share those reasons...”“No, I don’t believe I am,” Madam Gao replied, smiling smugly.Galena nodded.“So, is all that construction we. I have crayons and paper for you to draw with if you want."Johanna snapped her cell phone open and made the long distance call to Reno. She waited and waited for the phone to be picked up."Come on you asshole, pick it up," she said and then the answering machine came on."This is David Granger I am away for the weekend and will be back Monday afternoon around three pm, leave a message and I will get back to you." You son of a bitch! Be at Cannon in the morning, your daughter is on flight 329 and. Least not that I know of," Rick said, with a grin."Well, I sure hope it eases up soon. It took me an hour and a half to get in today," Joe responded."Tell me about it," Alice tossed in, then added, "Took me an hour to go six blocks and darn near made me late for the first time in nine years."Shaking his head at that statement, Joe replied, "Who would ever have imagined Dragons in Chicago? How nuts it that?"Alice grinned, and said, "Isn't that the truth? But, what the heck, it sure makes you.