She knew that she had lost and had paid the ultimate price for her stubborn ness.Mumbai Police didn’t want to drag this case. They couldn’t afford...it to be leaked onto the media as then their image would take a serious beating. They closed the case. There were numerous other open cases to investigate. Rani and the traffickers became an unsolved file in their cupboard.Rani resigned from the force. The next couple of months were hardest for Rani as she had to convincingly portray the grieving. Jemima nodded and smiled."Ay! I like a practical girl, and that's a very practical answer. Welldone!"At that moment, Ted the farmer and the young lady vet entered thekitchen and we three mums hastily pulled our nursing shawls around ourshoulders. Jemima turned to her husband and the vet."Out! This is girl's stuff. Do the accounts in the office were you'resupposed to." But I only came in for a cuppa'!" protested Ted, "And anyway,Samantha's a girl!" OK. You in the orchard then, Elizabeth will. As we met halfway, I took the book from him, removing my card and signing the receipt before handing it back. "We'll be in the alley waiting for you." I didn't have to wonder if he'd meet us there, I could tell from the look on his face he would. Outside, the moon lit our path as we walked around the corner and down the alley. Pulling her into me, breasts against breast, my lips found her skin directly under the lobe of her ear. Kissing her there elicited the same response each time. The shiver. "Absolutely," she agreed. "But I suppose you're right about that, too. I don't really care enough to read a long story — or even to watch a full TV news segment on the war or the economy or, really, on much of anything. When the network news or CNN starts droning on about something like that, I turn the channel. I hadn't really thought of it that way before. Wow, it doesn't make me sound like a very good person." It's not that at all," I said. "You know having a vast amount of information about.