Mina took a step back and looked down around her feet. Turning around she retrieved her bag from the floor, then pushed my door shut and secured it wi...h every lock. Remembering my tease at the door she turned around with one eyebrow raised, smirked and gave me a slight ‘Hmph.’ I sat back onto the very soft French sofa and chuckled ‘What’s that ‘hmph’ for baby?’ ‘Jim, I’m just a little tired’ she replied putting the bag on the counter in the kitchen area. ‘Have some of your excellent coffee. Soon you will fight, my darling girl! I will be cheering you on. You won't let me down, will you, sweet Francine?"Sweet Francine once more ignored Frederica's amorous approaches. Not that Frederica wasn't pretty. In fact she was more than pretty. She was adorable. But Francine still remembered Diana, whom she had always worshipped - if in secret. And her worship of Diana had never been physical, just admiration for a woman who had never succumbed to Francine's control freakery!And then a. Jenny took the time to light another cigarette, shook her head, smiled to herself and leaned against the wall of the shed, letting the rain splash on her feet.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jenny arrived on the porch of the shed a few minutes before 6 PM. Her parents had gone to see family for a few days so she was free. It was still raining and there was no sign of Lihua. Jenny had changed out of her work clothes and was. "That got me a dirty look and a grin from Farley before I settled in, digging the small but powerful binoculars out of my waist pouch. I panned the glasses over the open water in front of us and realized we had inadvertently picked the perfect spot to set up our little ambush. The buoys were directly in front of us, and outgoing traffic had to swing in close to the point we were on to navigate the shallow waters. We would have time to search for the briefcase before the harbor police could get.