Anja had undergone psychological treatment after her experiences at the Brandscheune case and had pretty much gotten rid of her fears. To celebrate he... new freedom and because she had hopes for a more exciting sex life with interesting people, she had gone straight to Mali.Julia had approached her two days later. Anja wouldn't have minded if Julia had contacted her anyway. But on the contrary, Julia was very sympathetic to her and Anja was happy that her colleague volunteered for this. "Patrick... please trust me. There may be another explanation for this. I can't tell you yet. Please trust me. Don't get too upset about this yet. It's possible Elizabeth didn't even know she was pregnant and... I know this doesn't sound right, but there is no other way to express it... had nothing to do with it." She held up her hand to stop the questions. "Please. I can't tell you anything more right now. Just don't be too hard on her until we know more. And Patrick... if you decide to do DNA. So now you know I didn't have many friends where we moved from and nowit is just my mommy and my big sister Karen, who is 16 years-old, and mylittle sister Sally, who is 5 years-old.Karen is the typical teenage girl, she knows everything. She is alsovery bossy to me and our little sister Sally.Sally on the other hand is kind and funny. I used to play with her allthe time before we moved because she was fun to play with and I didn'thave any friends like I was saying. Plus, Sally and I are about. In our class they sort of glossed over it, and maybe I missed something or something, but..." Her voice trailed off. She started over. "But... hey, I'm trying to apologize, OK?" Well..." I smiled at her. "OK. Apology accepted. But jeez, man, that hurt." I know," she said softly. She placed the bouquet up on the table by the head of the bed. It was out of my sight, but if I turned my head a little I could see it. She left the room. The fragrance lingered.At 5:30 sharp the food detail came in and.