“Fine,” I said. “Alyssa, you tell me.”She looked at me. “What makes you think anything is going on?”I gave her a withering look. “It doe...n’t take a detective to understand you two have something in mind.”Alyssa rolled her eyes. “It’s nothing.” Then she looked at Kelly. “We just thought you’ve been working so hard all day that you should relax. A little alcohol can help with that.”I looked from her to Kelly. Kelly nodded. “Yup.”I knew they weren’t telling me what was really going on, and more. The advanced team needed all the human skills they could muster.The planning for being self-sufficient was crucial. Neither of the Tontos knew if their constant contact would hold once the Kedah had been transported. The Kedah's logs and manuals told them that KTT had the ability to shift them up to 30,000 light years distant or about one third of the way across the Milky Way Galaxy. It seemed reasonable to assume that contact would be lost for the nine months it would take the Behemoth Bounty. As far as she could tell, Lukas Balko didn't exist. Somehow he'd disappeared off the face of the earth, a ninety-eight year old man who needed a cane to get around his house, according to Daniel Becket and numerous neighbors.Grace sighed, and stared up at the ceiling. There had to be something, she thought to herself. Something she just wasn't seeing.Grace reread the emails from Lukas' business associates, not noticing the man entering through her office door behind her. He quietly made his way. Fortunately,there was one stationed nearby."Excuse me, there's a little girl outside Joslin's that appears to be lost.Red hair, green eyes, wearing a cute little jumper with Belle from "Beautyand the Beast on it? I mean, she's just the most precious little thing...."The guard looked down, raising an eyebrow at Gerry's somewhat animateddescription. Oh, boy, Gerry thought, this guy must think I'm a real whacko.But kids DID that to him, little girls especially. He was so obsessed withthem that for.