When I stopped in Venice, I found Harold nursing two black eyes and restrained my tongue from forming the question "What happened?" Knowing Harold, it...could have been a bill not paid or a boyfriend declaring an end to a relationship. I could tell he was gratified at my lack of curiosity and seemed genuinely pleased to have his auto back in one piece. The last time I had borrowed his car, it had to be dredged up from one of the Canals. I replaced it, of course, but he was attached to the ancient. He responded with an embarrassingly strong bombardment of love and affection, not entirely proper for a father and his daughter, but it was evident that he had been truly distressed by her disappearance.“You said you wanted to talk to me about the munitions you found,” Béla said, gently retracting herself from his fond embrace.“Yes. Please, I recognize that you are Carte Blanche, and you may do as you wish,” her father said, “but it distressed me to find devices on board that were chiefly. "Not long after that talk did the van pull to a stop. Doors opened and voices were heard talking outside."I love you Todd." I love you too."Just as they hugged, the doors opened and Brianna was dragged from her brother.**********"Here she is." the fat man said.Brianna looked up at her captor and froze.He was very broad and a little taller than she was. He had dark hair falling in waves to his shoulders. He wore dark jeans with a button up shirt of a dark red color gaping open to show. .. Master Matt would not like me to...” she said.“Wait, do you have a boyfriend!?” Ben shouted.“No she doesn’t, it’s fine,” said Alexis. “Lumiosa, Matt and Sophie let us do whatever we want while they’re not around. Matt would want you to have fun.”“Hang on, hang on, what are you two girls talking about?” asked Jake.“Nothing, just forget all about it,” Alexis said. She snapped her fingers as she resumed making out with him. Lumiosa then began kissing Ben too.“Mmmmm ... our place or yours?” Jake.