Cut to the chase. No asking about how you are or anything. Always business first. Nelson shook his head, ‘Major, I’m out. Have been for a while. I...thought you retired, too?’ ‘I was retired, but not by choice,’ the image replied. ‘Sorry Major, I never heard about it,’ Nelson said quietly. ‘Doesn’t matter, I need your help.’ ‘Major, I haven’t taken a job in three years. I am out of the Biz. I walked away before it got me killed,’ Nelson said, a note of pleading in his voice. ‘You owe me, Nelson,. .. bless her sweet hide ... said, "daddy has the safety deposit vault from the bank." The boxes?" Nope, the whole damn thing. His daddy bought it when they tore down the bank building." You're kidding." Nope, he's got the main vault too." Does he have the keys?" Yes." She dithered a bit and then confessed, "they're not numbered. They were but someone took off the number disks. We have those too." How many boxes?" A thousand ... almost." How almost?" Nine hundred and ninety nine." Jezebel. "Why not just callme princess and be done with it," I said dryly. The room got quite for amoment and I knew I was about to put my Mary-Janes in my mouth."Yea, that could work," Sarah said. Just then Stacy came back in. Shewas a little out of breath from running. She carried a small kid'sbackpack, adorned with Sailor Moon figures on it."Stacy, what do you think of Princess Kaitlyn?" Beth said, holding herarms up to present me."Princess?" Stacy said. "That's cute, but not really a name is it?" We. I knew you were a compassionate man the minute I laid eyes on you. I didn't mean to freak you out so much the first day. Maybe I should have moved slower, but slow is not my way," she tells me as she stares out the window. "We need to get you cleaned up. Do you think you can stand?" I ask her as I open my door and step out. "I think I can," she says. I open the door for her and gently help her to her feet. She leans against me, but remains standing. I slowly lead her to the entrance. .