”Jamie took her pill, and we got in the shower again. After everything that had happened that day, the act of bathing nude with my daughter seemed p...etty innocent. Hah! What does that say about my moral character?She must have seen the look on my face. “Dad,” Jamie said, cupping my face with her sudsy hands, “are you all right?”“I'm the one who should be asking you that, Jamie. Only I can't bear to hear the answer.”“What do you mean? I'm a little sore, but mainly, I'm just happy,” she. We agreed to meet at noon at the Hilton’s Garden Restaurant. I have six of my guys to insure nether she or I are being followed, our booth was pre-swept to insure the area was not bugged. We also put up two drones to be sure we were not being followed. I was getting constant up dates thru my ear wig as I sat down in the booth, I got a notice she was on her way up. The hostess brought her over to our table I stood up and said Tina I’m Paul it’s a pleasure to meet you, then I slid her chair out. The clothes, though, I could do here, and it would be better not to look so scruffy when I went to the gas station; I got fresh ones out of my backpack and put them on.I left the sleeping bag. If all went well today I wouldn't be needing it again. If all didn't go well ... hell, I still wouldn't be needing it again, would I? I tried not to think about that.Once I'd got over to the road where the traffic was that I'd been listening to the previous evening it was only about a mile down it—far. The sun brightened the sky at exactly the correct part of the day: at sunrise. When else should it happen? At noon, or late in the day? Perhaps it could come up earlier, while it was still dark. Idiotic concept.The six humans came up toward the tree where they had seen Meriah and me yesterday. That tree was atop the first rise of the hills, and there was a small dip just beyond it, before the ground formed a higher hill. In that small valley were 251 hexapuma matriarchs: The Council. Some had.