I tried not to breathe and stared it down. It finally slithered off and I took a deep breath. I don't think I scared it off, it was probably just hung...y.I got up out of those reeds as fast as I could. I looked at a copy of the map that Sarah gave me. There were four Xs that I had to check out here. I would try visit all of them tonight and look at the spot on the north east coast of the island. The first X was at the front gate on a small hillock. It only took me a few minutes of searching. The crowning touch was a picture of a woman with two teenage girls. I never did find out who they were, but to us they were the Wilson family. The whole thing ceased to be amusing one morning when I came in early and found the fancy new entrance and exit doors taped off, and people being admitted by a campus cop through an emergency exit. Jerry was sitting at my desk, and a strip of crime scene tape was draped across the whole length of Hubie’s office. ‘We have video of somebody rifling Hubie’s. Going in was not cricket but a peek was harmless. She saw gaily-coloured packages all in a pile. She ran back then to the nursery to get me so that she could go in more legally. I groaned and pretended to want to sleep more. She whined and complained and completely disregarded my wishes till I floated up and then to the floor beside her."We have to wait sweetie. The adults want to see us opening presents and I want to see them do the same thing." That is not fair. They want to sleep in when. .. how many bodyguards have you hired to protect those?” I said, “Didn’t you have any boys?”“These are the ones at home ... there’s two married.”“All girls?”“They take after their mother ... thank God.“Agnes...” mom stepped forward, shook my hand and nodded. I don’t know if she was nodding at me or approving her husbands call.“Alice...” the about 11 year old gave me a look ... a very appraising look. A vulture might have that look waiting for the last stagger.“April...” she might have been 13.