They shared the bottle of wine and relaxed in the sunshine, Hannah relaxed even more, her eyes closed as they chatted about nothing in particular. The...warmth of the sun, the wine and Samantha rubbing the lotion into her body made her feel rather sexually excited.The sky darkened a little as some clouds formed, “I hope they soon pass, I'm sure they will,” uttered Samantha more in hope than expectation and Hannah agreed. After another couple of minutes, the sky darkened further and a few spots of. "I deserve everything I get," Lila concluded.Manu got up."Is it time?" she asked."Will you let me help? Please," she added.She followed him into another room, a storage room. There was an iron brazier filled with coals; it was on a stand with wheels, hooked up to a propane bottle. She pulled it into the torture room; opening the gas, she lit the flames."The gas attachment makes it much easier to get the coals going," Manu explained. "It will still be more than an hour until the coals are ready. Maybe Utah didn’t know what he had at the time, but I doubt it. If what I’ve learned is true, Utah knew your mother well. She was in Whitehead alongside your father.”Finch’s jaw dropped. “What? I thought she knew nothing about that!”“The work of Baron Quick is effective and difficult to betray, but I’m convinced your mother worked with your father and with Charles Utah before Quick did his work. Why Utah helped her and then let her go, I can’t figure out.”“Maybe it was intentional,” Juliana. It's not easy, but I don't plan on drinking again."As Mark Fraser turned to walk back to the sidewalk, the police car quietly pulled away, its two occupants satisfied that they had eliminated another threat to the citizens of Thunder Bay. As it turned right at the next corner the roof lights came on and the siren began to wail as the car accelerated and sped away.The next day Mark concluded the only serious business he needed to take care of after his arrival back in Thunder Bay. His two plus.