Be right back." The teenagers were dead to the world both times he passed by. He handed Allison a pair of scissors. "Lets do this thing."She tossed an... monitored the time while he tied the hook to the remainder of the rope. "Time!" Allison called.Pete hooked the loop on the third attempt, hauling in the catch. She compared the readings. "Again, no change, Sir. The brothers are safe." So, there's no time differential, but we still don't know if the location is New York or Tau Ceti. It doesn't. While doing those few visits, I also stopped at the business complex where I was renting a small office. Even if I didn’t use it that much, the existence of the address gave some extra credibility to my business. Besides being the place to receive and dispose of all the incoming traditional mail. Well, one out of thirty was probably something worth saving - or at least reading. Besides, there was also a nice view over the bay from my office, if nothing else.My scripts were doing some routine. Burnett took three shotgun shells from the elastic band on the shotgun’s stock and slid them into the gun’s tube, then he felt the safety to confirm it was still off and moved up to the door. Then he heard it. The sound of a hammer being pulled back on a firearm. Both Burnett and the Sargent jumped back away from the door as it exploded. Two men bolted from the shattered door then skidded to a stop as they confronted Burnett and the Sargent. The first man raised his weapon, a sawed off rifle of. She was bound to Him in everyway. She stood, hands clasped behind her and she got herself under emotional control.Sniffling, she sat on the chaise-lounge, her knees raised and together, her hands in between her thighs. She never felt the feelings she had experienced since she came to Him. Where had He been all her life? If she had only met Him earlier in life she knew she could have avoided some painful times. But she also told herself that those painful times made her the woman she was now and.