A much larger conversation on if they suspected their cover was blown or a final stand ensued.“Ben - have you had someone looking at all the credit ...ards issued and used in the Avon Heights zip code in the last six months?” I asked.“No - why do you want that?” Ben responded.“I am kind of interested what they have been buying. More importantly, what have they been having delivered,” I said.“Get somebody to UPS, FedEx and the USPS to see what they have been having delivered and from who in the. T, but, uh, I’ve got to get going. I didn’t get much sleep last night and...” Sammy replied.“And a pretty girl like you, she doesn’t need any more beauty sleep, does she Paul!” Mrs. T chuckled, which caused her gray-blue hair to dance on her head.“As pretty as Sammy is, Mrs. Thulin, her nick-name could be ‘Sleeping Beauty’”, Paul replied with a smile and hip-check to Sammy.“Why haven’t you talked your dad into kidnapping this guy, Sammy?” Mr. Thulin asked as he held his eighty-plus-year-old. ”I sobbed. “It’s not fair!”“No.”“And now they’re dead and I’m never going to ... to...” My legs gave out, and I sank to my knees in the sand.Aedan came with me, kneeling in front of me, still holding my hands, a few of his own tears making tracks on his face. “I know.”“And Fergus still won’t care,” I whispered, remembering his guarded expression when he’d asked to see my tattoo. It was clear to me that the trip, in that sense, was a waste; Fergus was never going to accept me as his sister.Aedan. " So she followed him up the many stairs and was amazed at the interior ofthe house. It had very polished dark floors and walls. Overhead was avery large chandelier with lots of small glass pieces. The furniturelooked no one had even used it, and everything was so bright and clean. The butler had her follow him unto a room with a very big fireplace, alarge desk, and many chairs nearby. There was a man, sitting in a chairbehind the desk, and he was smoking a pipe. His back was towards her, soshe.