She was losing it. I could see the tears coming. She was going to have herself a cry. She was entitled. She got up and bent over me to kiss my cheek, ...omething she had not done in a long time. I indulged in one of my bad habits. I pushed my luck. I turned my head so that it wasn't my cheek she kissed, but my lips.Before she could pull away, I threw my arm around her neck and held her mouth to mine. I kissed her as good as I could. After a second, she kissed back. She kissed me so intensely that. After all we worked in close proximity, however with feminine obstinacy she usually called me Boss or dirty old man only occasionally using my name. I worked my way round to where she was and saw the reason for her surprise. The veranda had continued around to the back where it burgeoned into a covered patio almost the size of a small ballroom. It was no wonder that Sir Darcy Chandler bankrupted the family the cost of this house must have been tremendous. As in all other areas there were slates. "But I don't see anything." Exactly," Mack said excitedly. "In fact, what are we not seeing in this mall right now?"Darren, frowning, panned the surprisingly small numbers of people coming and going. A couple of guys here, an older man there ... wait."Where are the women?" she observed correctly. "I don't see a single woman."Glad to see your half-a-brain is working the oft-beleaguered cameraman thought. But Darren was already moving forward, speed-dialing Jackie at the station."Darren? Aimee!. Looking up to take stock of his surroundings Brion saw that he and Armageddon had reached the lakeshore. Pulling the reins tight to signal the great destrier to stop Brion sat for a bit watching the waters of the Nyr Dyv crash onto the rocky shore. The lake was so large that it was almost an inland sea and its depths housed creatures large enough to sink trade vessels. As Brion watched the blue water come ashore in foamy waves an idea formed in his head, yes that was how he would do it! He dug.