He was in a cheerful mood, which contrasted a lot with the way I was dragging myself around. Of course, I had been up for almost 21 straight hours at ...hat point while he was clearly in the middle of a bright English morning. The minute he answered I said, “Thanks for sending the cleaner. But did it have to be Jim Kelley?I could hear the indulgent smile in his voice as he said, “His bosses at the CIA thought that your personal connection might be helpful in convincing you to cooperate. They flew. . you've never done that before." I am sorry. I was not prepared for conversation at the moment. I am also tracking an attempt by someone – the Chinese, I think – to interfere with Goldman's trading computer. So far it is not getting through."Arti asked, "Do you need to set up anything to monitor it and perhaps intercept, Io?" No, I shall track it from Minnesota and from inside Goldman's. I have set that up, now. I will track your mission at the airport from inside the H2, when that vehicle is. "I was only in his shuttle for at most, a half hour!"He straightened up and placed his hands on the desk and leaned backagain. "So you do admit knowing him?" Not personally. He just piloted the shuttle, I doubt if I spoke tenwords to him!" The youth's eyes darted between his Commander to the imageof the terrorist. The older officer laughed softly to himself as he againpressed the grid. Instantly the hovering image disappeared. "Sir, I wasonly with the guy for a half hour!" he shouted, suddenly. I did know how long we'd be because Donna and I were going to a horse show later. It didn't matter where we went, as long as I left my girls in charge of the SCS group. This event was going to be all about sex so it would be much better if I was not there at the time (just in case you can't see that logic, I'll explain it later. I've been spending a lot of time with females over the last couple of years and I'm starting to become comfortable using their logic. It's surprisingly effective on.