"Christine, I promise."He lifted the insensate man from the ground, turned and walked into the house with Christine following close behind him. Christ...ne found the house by the lake amazed her with its exactness to the one she had lived in with her father. Everything there was the same, down to the minutest detail. The voice of her angel interrupted her silent reverie."He is resting in the bedroom. If he calls out, we shall hear him." He paused for a moment before continuing. "You do realize. Two men were just getting upfrom the table, leaving Luke alone with a woman as the cards were dealt again. She had been stood up for a deck of cards! She was starting to fume againas she barged in on the game to the surprise of both gamblers. Patience threwher room key across the table, watching it glide to a halt on top of Luke'shand. "Enjoy the rest of your week!" Luke kept his eyes down and placed his hand over the key, dragging it tothe side of the table and slipping it into his pocket.. “Ah, yes did he tell you about our requirements?” “Only that I had to join an exclusive club to enjoy your services”. “That is correct. It will cost ten thousand dollars, American, to apply and if you are accepted it will cost you another two hundred thousand before you may request our services. After that you will arrange that one hundred thousand will be deposited in a safe deposit box on the anniversary of your becoming a member. You will supply us with the location of that box and a key. If. ” He pointed at the phone. “She’s waiting to talk to you.”Renee stared at the phone like it was a viper. She tried to calm herself and lifted it.“Hi, Mommy,” she tried to say brightly.“What in the world is going on there?” asked her obviously curious and somewhat distraught mother. “What was that man talking about?”“We’re ... um ... renovating the house. I’m going to start a child care center here.”“What?” asked her mother. “You’re going to tend other people’s brats?”Renee felt the heat of.