I’d told ma and pa that I was staying with a friend from college – which was all true; that we were going to look at the History ‘A’ level pap...rs – also true, we had mapped out approaches to each question as practice for doing a mock exam after Christmas; so I wasn’t lying, just misleading (so that’s alright).I felt I should take some control, so, in bed I tied her hands behind her and fed her pizza. Then I took swigs of wine and kissed her (transferring the wine to her). Rightly, I surmised. She looked over at the Humvees, still parked where they’d stopped after bringing her to the compound, and watched as two shadows emerged from under the vehicles. Helena had expected that Igazi would have people watching the rendezvous site for anyone trying to sneak in camouflaged, however she took a gamble that Igazi hadn’t seen the film “Cape Fear.” The two Ultimados who’d strapped themselves to the underside of her jeep before reaching the site had concealed themselves in the savannah grass,. The plan was for Tami to pick me up to take me to the airport. I had loved up on Duke, and explained I would only be gone a few days. I was surprised when Harper walked in the back door. I didn't ask any questions until we were in the car."Where's Tami?" I asked."She'll see you when you get back. You get to talk to me on the way to the airport." Okay, what am I talking to you about?" My job is to talk you out of being Tami's boyfriend. She knows you want to be a couple. She said you would. When they were gone, I said, "My mom's a junky and I hate my life. If I help you, will you help us? Will you give us that witness protection thing and give us some money and get my mom off drugs?"I thought the lieutenant was going to cry. He was a big, strong man in his late forties or early fifties. He had been a cop for a long time and was street smart and used to the scum that he dealt with every day. But his eyes watered and he found it hard to speak. And then he dropped to a knee and.