“Oh…err…. what did you find?” I asked, suddenly feeling silly to have hired a detective agency to investigate my wife. “Well, Mr. Arun…. i...’s not something I can tell you over the phone.” she replied. “Do you think…” I asked “I would want to know it all?” There was silence on the other end. “Hello?” I said. “Yes, I am here, Mr. Arun.” Salma said, “I was just thinking about your question. You know I had suggested you don’t start this investigation in the first place. And yet you insisted. So I. He didn’t bother to knock, heard a soft gasp to his left. Vivian was wearing one of his shirts, clasping the still unbuttoned front together to hide her naked flesh. Blood roared in his ears at the sight of her wearing his clothes. The shirt was so large on her that the hem skimmed her mid-thigh and the sleeves she had rolled up to her elbows. ‘I didn’t have anything else to wear.’ She said defensively, mistaking his gaze. He closed the door firmly behind him and went to stand before her. He. " He beat his chest with an open hand. "Where did I go wrong? Why must my child be so weak?"Billy knew from experience that when Reverend Hayden Powers smote himself while calling upon God, wise men stayed silent. He admired the man he served. Every time the good reverend seemed to come out ahead, just like Job, the devil would attempt to strike him down. His wife had died. His son was disappeared. Now, his daughter had failed him.Billy's phone rang. "Wesley here." He waited for a response.. Ryan had passed the comment that he had always liked that house and that it was a shame about the land.The house was a little closer to the road than mum and dad’s house. The block was twelve acres and shaped like a trapezoid with the angled sides longer than the base or top. The sea was on one angled side, and it was concaved by the beach. The other angled side was the road. The house was fenced off on the narrower top two acres from the way to the sea.It would be an easy block to split into.