I stepped back to examine myself in the mirror one last time. My most professional suit worn over almost nothing, demurely upswept hair, nearly natura... makeup, and elegant, sexy pumps perfectly fit the sophisticated siren look I'd hoped to achieve. I tucked the leather collar into my black clutch purse, and left a message on my best friend's answering machine, leaving the hotel's phone number just in case.I forced a deep, calming breath into my lungs as I climbed out of my car at the hotel. All. Perhaps she hadn’t been listening. Or just hadn’t taken it in.Blackthorpe was a fairly small village—probably not even a mile square—so it wasn’t long before we got to the Williams’. I rang the bell and Lily quickly answered.“Paul? Clarissa? What are you doing here? Not that it’s not nice to see you, just unexpected, that’s all.”“Lils, is your dad in?”“Yeah.” She turned into the house and called, “Daddy! Visitors!”After a few seconds, Pete appeared behind his daughter. “Clarissa! Paul! What. They had one instruction and that was to stop the car bomb as far from the building as they could. Along with that instruction there were limitations and exceptions; be as reasonably sure as possible that the vehicle was terrorist and limit collateral as much as possible. Len was standing with me as Andy gave those instructions and nodded his approval.The agents almost fainted when Andy opened the storage locker and handed them a 60 round magpul rotary magazine for their M16 and several 40. ." and throughout her words I kept at my task and soon had her lying back in her bra and panties.At that point she regained some semblance of her wits and scooted back into the corner of the couch, as far from me as she could get. It mattered little as I needed some space for my next move."Shhhhh Mona, it's ok," I said as I reached out and took a gentle hold on one of her ankles, "you trust me dont you?" Yes, I do," she whispered as I pulled her leg out and reached for her other ankle. "but.