We exchanged a deep, sexy French kiss, she winked at me, and then I headed back to the NIKA offices.May 16, 1997, Chicago, IllinoisOn Friday afternoon... I went home with Deborah, and while we were on the L, I received a call from Ben van Hoek. I promised to call him back once I was somewhere private, and slipped my phone back into my pocket. A few minutes later we got off the L and walked a few blocks to the townhouse Deborah and Krissy shared. Deborah let me use her room to return the call.The. I’m not going to call you Raven, or whatever silly thing you’re going by now.” Mindblind shook his head as he approached as well. The woman’s nonchalant, mocking tone of voice seemed utterly out of place. She’d been kidnapped, let her body be used for hours, listened to men dying all around her, and she was lying beneath a dead man with an arrow sticking out of his back, but she didn’t seem to care – or even notice. “You’re welcome,” Raven responded, and let out an exasperated sigh. “Got ‘em,”. Emma had marked the message URGENT. The other call was from Suey, the Chinese girl that I had dated at Christmas, reminding me that I had not called her back. Fortunately I had her number or could contact her at the bank, as Emma had not written it on the note and had put in capitals across the bottom, NOT IMPORTANT! I waited until Maggie had left for the day with the twins and Emma was down in the shop before making my calls. I called Suey first, I felt a bit guilty about not calling her back. “You know you could buy ad space for that,” he replied.“How about a deal; you run a free ad one week and we will pay for the same size the following week, up to 26 ads in a year,” I replied.“Who do I see about doing that?’ he asked.I see the wheels turning, picking up speed in his brain. I would bet the ads would be half or full page, replacing the free filler he got from somewhere.The local paper was filled with so much filler and fluff that if outhouses were still around, it would have.