" I thought we didn't have time?" I asked as she pulled me through the store. Others watched but no one said anything. Either they didn't care or they...knew who I was and figured I could handle myself.She led me to one of the demonstration rooms. It was big and generally decorated as a bedroom. A large closet to one side held costumes, and, in the opposing corner, another contained many of the implements we sold. A king sized bed predominated the room. You couldn't properly show off the wares. The guest, who was of the same nationality as the owner and was rumoured to be related, had left suddenly and was now back in his own country. The hotel owner, unusually, had supervised the thorough cleaning of the guest’s room after all the movable contents had been removed and disposed off. The belief was that the investigation had been pre-empted by a bribe, and the file would remain open and unsolved for a year or so before being archived, like the file on the billy boy murdered on Blow. Connie and I didn't spend our wedding night alone. All of them ganged up on me. They were still at it when I passed out from exhaustion.We had an early flight but it was five P.M. our time when we arrived at the cay. Trina and Twyla greeted us while we loaded our things into one of the golf carts used for transportation on the island.Tina surprised me the first night by asking "are you mad because I changed my mind about having a baby so soon?"Actually, I was relieved at the thought. She was. I should have the first cut done by the end of summer if nothing interrupts me. That’s it for me.”“Sue, what’s happening with you and what have Alan and Charlie been doing?”“Charlie and I have been assessing the types of data we will need to support your effort, Doug. Charlie said your needs are very different from what HS needed as a database. He also said there is a good degree of commonality with HS’s database in a few areas. He contacted Ken Smythe at the State Department to see if we can.