I stopped on the next landing and made space for them.They were elegantly dressed and a strong channel No. 5 perfume filledmy nostrils. They completel... ignored me as I was standing in a cornerof the landing, but I heard them talking to each other as they overtookme, thinking that I wasn't able to understand a word of what they weresaying. "I haven't seen her before" one lady said. "Probably she is oneof Conchita's cronies; you know how she picks them when they arrivefrom Portugal." Yes", the. I put five bundles back in the safe and closed it, spinning the tumbler to lock it. I closed the mirror and Sue and I put the garbage bag in the closet in Betty's room temporarily.Back outside there were all forms of police and sheriff deputies everywhere. State and federal detectives were questioning the three men sitting on the ground handcuffed. Sue and I went to the shop and used my phone to call an emergency board up company. I asked them if they cleaned up the broken glass and they said. “Thank you, ladies, that was very nice of you,” I told them and got smiles in return.The man in the suit sat down and watched them walk away. “Those are the freed girls?” he asked skeptically.I just nodded.“Huh. I expected to find some huddled wretches but they look pretty healthy. Good! Sorry, I am Sid Meir, State Department,” he said, handing me over an ID folio. “I got some preliminary information from a Judge Ramirez?” he looked up to see if I knew the name and I nodded. “And we were able. She wanted to go home. After all, it was her first marriage anniversary. She wanted to go home early and cook something special for Jason. But as luck would have it, she had many files to work on. She knew that she was going to be late. Hoping that she could complete her work faster, she got busy with the files. Jason was trying hard to make his way through the heavy traffic. He planned to surprise his beautiful wife with a special dinner. He had made sure that she had ample work to do in her.