As befit a bodyguard, he seemed to have drunk significantly less than Corvus. "I'd start by setting up a dowry for my sister. She's a beautiful, intel...igent young woman, but she inherited the family chin."Corvus raised an eyebrow. He hadn't said anything about Quad's chin, which was so square as to be almost cartoonish and had a cleft deep enough to swipe a charge card through. "That's ... unfortunate for a young woman, I imagine." It will benefit her sons more than it has her," Quad. "I don't have a license." A brittle, scared voice half-whispered, but she couldn't hear the response, just felt the car rock a little as someone clambered across the front and slipped into the side-window. The engine suddenly came to life, and she held her breath at the possibility she was going to get away from it all."Drive." An unfamiliar — male — voice commanded, in a clipped, controlled, English accent."What are you doing?" the girl demanded, grinding the gears harshly for a moment before. " Why? You do know that this phone is in Rehome Colony, on another planet?" It is? On another planet? ... I mean, are you Marjory Phelan?" I am afraid I can neither confirm nor deny that without more information about the reason for your enquiry." Very well. We are investigating the disappearance of two young women, and Mr Derek Dearden gave us this number to contact a Marjory Phelan, who was also reported missing." I see. Mr Dearden must be shitting his pants by now, I expect." I could not. After spending time getting to know Josh and his family I decided that it was time to tell my own family about this wonderful man who had asked me to be his wife. The day that I arrived home is a day that I will never forget. I had been gone for eight months and why I had the though that dad, grandpa and the boys was going without for the last eight months I’ll never know, but for some wired reason that what I was thinking as I walked through the door. So I can’t tell you what a shook it was to.