Colins, I was paid to get into the system, not manufacture data for you. All the data files are encrypted and I have no way of defeating this even wit... a thousand computers." What can you tell me?" The person that owns these computers is paranoid. There is no other explanation. There was nothing to find. I took complete scans of all three hard drives. They were scrubbed daily. Most people would do that once a month. This person also had some good software that I had not come across before and. I shook my head, as if doing so could ward off the tears that were welling up. I was a grown man, I hadn’t cried in years. Many years.“When’s the funeral?” she asked.I swallowed hard. “The day after tomorrow.”“Do you want the girls to go?”I nodded. “I think so. I think it’s ... important.”She nodded and laid her head against my chest again, seeking comfort in the certainty of my body. “I’ll miss her.”“Me too,” I said, my voice raspy with pent-up emotion.My chest was tight and I felt a growing. "There was no one else here, she needed to get home, and he wanted to do it all official with a service ticket? Hell, she didn't even expect him to know how to write."This way, missy," he said.Eddie walked behind her. His eyes delighted over the sway of her ass in her navy blue skirt. Her top was a white blouse with a coat that matched the skirt. She was a shapely thing. She probably kept herself all fit and physical at a gym.As the mechanic went behind the counter, Jamie looked around the. I’ll never do anything to hurt you.”I took her in my arm and gave her another kiss. “I trust you with my life.”“Let’s not waste any more time, then. I promise to make this as painless as possible. Hold still.” She cast what effectively was a modified version of Soul Trap on me. While I hadn’t used the spell in combat very often against others, I was quite familiar with the effect from absorbing dragon souls. It felt very strange to feel some of my essence flow from me into her.“Okay, that was.