The usual mixture of people, all in there own littleworlds and thankfully none paying attention to my own little world whichat the moment was spinning...frantically. Here I was dressed outsideagain, something that had seemed impossible, merely a dream over a weekago.As the tube sped on the District Line towards Monument station I thoughabout what had happened. Those lovely few days beside the Scottish Loch,chance to dress without fear of detection or recognition. I cursed myown stupidity and. I have to admit to you, I still retained my cynical attitude toward human nature, but was happy to see a change on the streets of this category and magnitude. I didn’t know how long it would last, but at long last the sun was shining and I saw more smiles than frowns on my fellow New Yorker’s faces and it was truly enlightening.Even my secretary Julie sensed the change in attitude and she forgot momentarily about her own personal problems. Of course, it was difficult for her to plan ahead not. I have a an old-fashioned Maglite 3-cell flashlight that sits alongside the seat. It’s legal in all 50 states as a flashlight and if I happen to swing it in panic when someone attacks me, then it is only an accident that it happens to have the force of a weighted club.I decided that I would– as usual– wait him out. I never speak first when the law is involved. It gives too much away. Let them be the ones who tip their hand. If things went south in a hurry the window glass wouldn’t be of any. Maria and Paulo moved to Irvine from the Philippines eighteen years before we moved next to them. They sold their retail clothing business there and started over in Irvine. They wanted to have a child, and to give him or her the best possible opportunities in America. They have a daughter, named Amy, who had just turned sixteen in the spring when we moved in next to them.Their family is fairly short, with olive-tan skin, and attractive with fine facial features. The parents have normal.