" Hello, Victoria my dear. How are you?" Very well, thank you. And you?" Oh, we're all fine. I expect you wanted to speak to Serena." Oh dear! Have I ...issed her?" I'm afraid so by about quarter of an hour. David's taken her back to school." Oh well, I'll have to wait till next weekend. Does she come home on Friday evening?" No, my dear. Not until Saturday lunchtime." Oh!"Elspeth could hear the disappointment in Victoria's voice. "I could get her to ring you as soon as she gets home on. One was 'investigation'; the other would be 'security'. I would need to trust the senior staff of my new business venture. Oh, not with revealing what I could do, of course. But they would be handling the 'council' problem, and would be using the equipment I was going to procure for the business.I would also have to trust a few of the security personnel, and a few of the investigators. Again, not because I was going to reveal who or what I was, or what I could do; but because of the nature of. ...but there was nothing, just theafternoon daylight as usual.Still terrified at what could have happened I instantly threw back thecurtains, almost collapsing with relief as nothing had changed for shewas still lying peacefully asleep in the same position on the recliner.Now desperate to get close to her without waking her up I crept quicklyout of the kitchen till I was standing above her unable to believe what Iwas seeing....!For it was as if the clock had been turned back to our first few. "Teresa turned her gaze toward Isabel and looked at her sister with open admiration and new found respect, "Really?" Indeed," Claire confirmed."To be sure, we owe that sister of yours a lot," Constance validated.It was then Isabel's turn to blush.Isabel quickly changed the subject seeking to conceal her discomfiture at being praised, "And where is Cog?" She asked, even though she had already speculated why Cog was not onboard."He went for supplies," Carmen answered rather weakly.Isabel laughed,.