She had a thought which made her smile, so she grabbed the phone and punched in a number from memory. As she waited for a connection, she glanced at t...e clock. It was after five back in Tennessee. The phone rang five times before it was answered."Hello?" asked the young, feminine voice."Hey, Bri!" Allison said, as she leaned back on the sofa and put her feet up on the coffee table."Allison! Oh my God! It's sooo good to hear your voice!" Yours, too."Allison heard a muffled voice over the. Then we will have an outside opinion ... like western doctors. Does that seem feasible?”“Yes.” Patrick handed Tina a card. “Call anytime.” She nodded.“You know,” said Craig, “You were an inter-cultural problem from the first time I met you. I can sense that Samuel will be a bigger one.”“His mother is half-Japanese. Samuel spans three cultures. As does his infant sister.”“Thank you for coming.”“Thank you for having us.” Patrick stood.Samuel had hardly spoken during this. He stood, too. “I thank. I quickly grabbed it off the charger, and it was Jerry on the other end."Jon, I just got back from identifying Bill's body at the DC morgue. He was shot execution style last night sometime in his hotel room."I went to sit down and missed the chair. I ended up on the floor in shock from the news. At first a wave of anger swept across my mind, then sorrow because I had lost someone that I cared for very much without ever having realized it. He had been my right arm since he had come to my rescue. The diner was actually a very nice restaurant. The waitress seated us in a booth near the back. ‘Thank you for having lunch with me. I thought about you all night,’ I said. She looked at me. ‘Don’t take this as a come-on but you look a lot better without the mask,’ she smiled and showed her dimples. ‘I have to be honest and tell you that I hoped you would contact me but I didn’t think it would be so soon.’ We talked and when I asked her about her life she told me pretty much what Jody had said..