Intime, our leadership suspected it may have been a result of an assumedwrong we committed. But that too led nowhere. In time the case, as theysay, we...t cold." He's back?" Ken asked."It took us years to learn he never went away. In 1991, a member whoworked for the FBI received a request to help a local police departmentwith a case whose MO mimicked that of our own missing victim. Anautomated search discovered similar cases, once every four years, goingback to 1970. Through another spell, which. That's..." her Mother subsided.Chrissie had adored her father. He'd left the house when she was just 13. At the back of her mind she knew it was all because of her. Her mother had not been able to deal with the close relationship her and her father'd had. That, she felt, was the real reason for the separation but she couldn't tell her mother.There were some things that were never discussed in the household. This was the longest conversation she'd had with her mother about her dad since before. ‘Och, it was time ye were up any way, ye great, horrible hungus. It’s no what it says tae me, I came wi’ it. Listen tae this, ‘ I have one request that I must ask of you, Garreth, my love,’ ‘ to which Grayson gave a derisive snicker, Garreth showing a face of disdain at his reaction, then continued. ‘ I wish to know if Laird Grayson, is of a relation to Arabella of Castle Tioram. It is my most heart-felt hope to contact her.’ and the rest ye don’t need tae hear.’ Garreth finished off, smiling. Mom? Yes, Justin. If you say so. Oh, I do, Mom. David is my guest and I want to show him all the hospitality we have at our disposal. And that means you, Mom. At our disposal. Isn't that right? Yes, Justin. Oh, don't cry, Mom. It isn't so bad. Crying is better than screaming, right, Mom? Just think of the spectacle you have deprived my friend of by not making me consult Dad in this matter. The spectacle of you hung up and screaming in agony that I described to him, and here he is with a.