From their shared past, he knew the colonel was trying to decide on a new set of actions. The sergeant pulled out a pad of paper and a pen from his un...form’s shirt pocket, ready to take notes on the new orders from his commanding officer.“Sarge, activate a surveillance team, and have them start following George Johnson. We need to know if he is doing anything new in his daily movements. Also, do another background check on him. Make sure there are no new changes in his banking or internet. She must have sensed what I was doing. However she hadn't tried to stop me, true to her promise. As she gently started doing her blouse, I knew I couldn't get lucky here, at least not this time. She even smiled mischievously, the first smile of the evening."Oh young man, you seem to be out of luck," she said as she placed the pallu back on her shoulder, covering her full, erect breasts. "You need practice."This last line emboldened me. "Did you like it, ma'am?" I asked. She didn't reply. But I. *That was more than enough to cause her to break down, They had been friends since the day they had met and now Alex was just a memory, He would never be there for Lily again, One stupid little mistake had taken him away from her*My fault, Alex I'm sorry, I need you back* She sobbed, Of course no matter how many tears she shed she knew Alex would never come back, He was gone for all of timeLily spent the next half an hour getting sorted out for school, She didn't want to attend but she knew. I tried the usual setting of "0000" but of course that didn't work. I tried every other number I could think of, but nothing shifted the secured door of the safe.The safe had a backup manual key opening for just such emergencies, but of course I threw that key away years ago, as that would be 'more fun'!I pondered what I might have done... what number I might have used, or where I might have written it down.Then I realised the significance of something I found earlier on, which I didn't think.