That was when I told Ernie, my uncle, and Abril the story about the boardroom battle I had won. Abril was beyond excited, especially when I mentioned ...he talk with partners Barnes and Huttle afterward. We were ahead of our best target pace for the plan.Then Ernie had a private word for me. Subject? His wife! When he was done I said I would “present his proposal.” I also said that it “proved he loved his daughter, but he loved his wife more.” He laughed and groaned at that, then said he had a. I never would have guessed her to be the one to say it to me. “I like you Chuck.” And I told her, in a friendly way, I liked her too. “No Chuck, I mean I LIKE you.” I didn’t understand, at first. I asked her to clarify herself. I suppose I was a little suspicious. “You work, Marilyn works, but anyone can take off an afternoon couldn’t they?” she said. “Huh, what?” I said. There wasn’t anyone around. Nobody for miles so to speak and she more or less came up to me and rubbed against me and said. " Diana says."She can do Magic." Alys says."Oh." he says.We hurry down the tunnel."Alys, you reconsigned the dais and throne, right?" I try to be calm about my not so subtle line of questioning."That's right, Daddy away said that was the throne of god." She explains."Uh, Alys didn't you say that the men were not back from fishing, when the brutes attacked?" Diana starts her own line of questioning."They was late." she remembers."And now King Louie has your doors..." Diana doesn't finish her. I will come to your house.”She felt afraid for Tony and terrified of her deal leaking out. If she were discovered, the best she could hope for is getting fired and being blacklisted. The worst case is that she would be prosecuted.At her home, Muhammad used his phone and speed-dialed a number. He spoke briefly in Arabic, then handed her the phone. Tony seemed elated to hear her voice. “Why are you calling? How did you know I was here? I thought you left me. I’m a hostage.”“I know that.”Muhammad.