For Adam's part, he was certain that this woman -- 10 years younger than his father's 46 years -- was only in the marriage for the money, a commodity ...f which Adam's father had plenty.To boot, since his dad was often away on business, keeping Adam 'in line' was largely left to Amy.Sadly, Adam's feelings weren't a whole lot better for his father than they were for Amy. In all the years that Adam lived with his mom, he hadn't seen his father a dozen times. There always seemed to be this big deal. He said, “We’d like to leave right now. Lynnand I have finished breakfast. It was great, Aggie, thanks a bunch. Fatima, we’ll listen to the rest of the meeting on the phone. All our equipment is already pre-positioned at the bottom of the stairwell. Lynn and I will be traveling light and making good time. We’ll check in right before we go through the elevator. It should be before noontime.”Fatimanodded her approval, and after briefs goodbye hugs with their friends, Charles and Lynn left the. Juliette shouldn’t have said it, but Isaac was being a pain today, hormones.I was settled in my seat towards the back of the plane. Juliette walked in, “Hi, Daddy, time for a shower before takeoff?”The speaker crackled to life, “Hello folks, we will be closing up in about five minutes. Take off shortly after. If you could get settled and buckled up, Betty will be back there in a bit for preflight.”“Five minutes enough time?” I asked.“It’ll do,” she said.“Use my bathroom. Loretta always has to. George Walker came over to see what they were doing, and immediately called the man back. ‘Mark these up, drill and plug. We’ll get these up straight away, Miss Abby.’ He turned back to his workman. ‘Use mirror screws, and don’t over tighten. If you crack the acrylic I shall have your guts for garters!’ He had a smile on his face as the man hurried off. ‘Best to warn them of their fate before they do it wrong.’ Mr. Brasher had kept the best until last. He produced the blown up photo of Thomas.