”He cleared his throat, “the lieutenants came in but ... they left. The senior sergeant is on the way to the docks for a reported death.”I sighe..., “send the lieutenants notice that they have been terminated. I will be down in a minute and need a runner to accompany me to the docks.”I plugged it and looked at the papers on the desk before I stood. I slipped restraints from a drawer onto the belt at my back. I put on my coat and walked out and down. I stepped out in the lobby and saw the two. " All very mature. Did you deliberately fuck up the tax and insurance on the car?" Actually? No. I'm not saying I wasn't pleased about it, but when I met her, Diane was pretty high powered. She looked after that stuff for her boss. I'd 'a thought she'd have realised about it. Of course I tended to deal with all that so she probably didn't know it was due precisely then." What exactly are you gonna do then." Just get on with life. The job's secure. In fact if I wanted I could probably give it up. Beverly nodded."He is just in the bar, but he told me to tell you to go up to the room and wait for him," he explained.Beverly said to me, "I'm going to talk to your father, go up and wait for us, sweetie." Okay," I replied and headed toward the elevators. I watched as Beverly headed toward the bar.I rode up the elevator with a very wealthy looking woman. She smiled at me as we traveled up to the twenty-first floor.I nervously straightened my skirt."Are you okay, dear?" the woman asked."Yes, I. Do you have everything?”“It’s over there,” I said, pointing to my sea bag.I tipped the bartender with a one dollar bill. The bartender tapped it on the counter twice, and said, “Welcome home, Marine.” He had short, blond hair, a white shirt, open at the neck, and looked the right age to have fought in Korea. He knew.As the service began I became aware of a young lady about seven rows of chairs ahead of me. Her reddish-blond hair flowed gently over her shoulders. In an Episcopal service one.