“Wow!”First time I ever heard a colonel say ‘wow’.“You have an MBA, sir...” Dan 1.0 said.“You ‘sir’ me one more time, Dan Richards, ...nd you’ll be standing at attention. Please ... we’re family at this table.” He leaned back.“Cognac?” I asked.“Why not?!?”I poured everybody a glass. All of us, with the exception of Jason, were former military and we knew the convention for a toast, either the ‘dining-in’ rules for formal Army functions, or slightly less formal, more a German thing. Glasses. In those few seconds, she became drenched with rain. She may as well have been standing under a garden hose, for as wet as she was."It's flat, Mom, and now I am soaked." I can see that. Let's think about what we can do."This was before cell phones had been developed. Financially, our family wasn't struggling, but we certainly did not have the resources to afford such a luxury as a car phone cost in those days. People still used real telephones, and pay phones were present at various locations. Meanwhile the body of a teenage girl was found on the 19th, and focus shifted to that case. It was unconnected, and that was apparent from the start. This one was found in a movie theater, strangled and raped during a horror film, and left on the floor between the seats. The Anchorage PD was handling that case.The strangulation pointed to a different killer. Still Darla, now Marie Sealy had her hair color lightened and cut differently. A car was found parked in the same spot for several days at. "Julie ... she came in here and ... we..." Dan stopped, his voice trailing off.Julie stepped close to him and kissed him softly. "I'll explain it all once we take care of this little problem." She said."Jules I'm really confused here." He spoke, his voice almost pleading. "I ... I thought what happen was very ... very cool."Julie met his eyes. "So did I lover, but it may have been unintended for Anja. Remember what Doc Carson said about that aura thing you and the others can project?"Dan.