I didn't mean to pry."Vance shrugged. "It's fine. You couldn't have known."They went back to studying the puzzle, both knowing the solution but neithe... sure of the other. They spoke very little and had only placed less than half the pieces two hours later. The hostess smiled warmly and refilled their drinks. "I don't think I've seen either of you move from this spot since you got here! That must be quite a puzzle." It is. Thank you." Millie sipped the punch. "This is very good." Thank you!" She. Upon returning to the concession stand, which also housed her office, she got down to work.Elizabeth finished updating the accounts in her computer and smiled. Though putting in the golf course around the lake had been expensive, it was proving a godsend. Even in the sputtering economy, the variable challenge and inspired design of the course drew in enough golfers to keep the park profitable. Word of mouth was spreading fast, and tee times were filling up faster each year. Her father had even. It, sadly, was time for me to leave, it was also time for Amalie to apply for a resident Visa. Because this would take some time I reluctantly had to leave her behind. It was during my last night in Paris that I learned about Amalie’s life. The man that I had spoken to, her step-father, was her mother’s third husband. She was not married to Amalie’s biological father, who it turned out, was a government official, and who would come in useful in processing her Visa application. Amalie’s mother,. Dont worry Maam I paid for you Thank you officer. I said. Now what can I help you with? This was the first time I had really gotten a good look at the officer he was a handsome man in his 50s at least ten years my senior he had a full head of grey hair and a neatly trimmed beard to match. He was bulky looking with broad shoulders but definitely not fat. He was the kind of man that I would have married if I lived a different life. But when you looked at his face you could tell he had seen his.