I started down the list of embassies, video conferencing with our security team leaders at each and doing it by the time zones. I wanted to speak to t...e day shift supervisor. All of them were startled to find me on their VCATS screen instead of Vicky.Vicky had kept transcribed notes of all conversations in the files for each location and if I still had questions, I could pull up the video of the original conversation from the storage servers.In past conversations I had planned to visit. For some reason, she had been the last one to meet him and shake his hand. His grip was firm and strong, and his eyes sparkled as he looked at her. “Bradley,” he told her as he held on to her hand for perhaps a moment longer than necessary.“Dawn. Dawn Price,” she responded. “Alan’s wife.”“Ah yes. Our marketing director,” he responded.There were a few moments of small talk and then she spoke out directly. “There will be cut-backs then?” she asked catching him slightly off-guard.“Well... yes. എനിക്ക് കമ്പിയയെങ്കിലും ഷീജയുടെ സമാനംമാണ് മനസ്സില്‍ വരുന്നത്. അതുപോലെ തന്നെയല്ലേ ഇവരുടെ സാമാനവും എന്ന് ഞാന്‍ ഓര്‍ത്തു. ഉച്ചയുറക്കം പതിവുള്ളതിനാല്‍ ഞാന്‍ ഇടക്ക് ഉറങ്ങിപ്പോയി. ഉണര്‍ന്നപ്പോള്‍ ചേച്ചിയെ കാണാനില്ല. ഞാന്‍ ചെന്ന് നോക്കുമ്പോള്‍ വേറെ ഒരു റൂമില്‍ കിടന്നു ചേച്ചിയും നല്ല ഉറക്കം. സാരിയൊക്കെ മാറി, അടിപ്പവടയും ബ്ലാവുസുമാണ് വേഷം. എനിക്ക് എന്തൊക്കെയോ തോന്നിത്തുടങ്ങി. ഇത്രയും നാള്‍ അടക്കി വെച്ചതോകെ പുറത്തു ചാടി. ഞാന്‍ ചേച്ചിയുടെ അരികില്‍ ഇരുന്നു. പതുക്കെ ചേച്ചിയെ തഴുകി. ചേച്ചി ഞെട്ടി ഉണര്‍ന്നു.. She had never declared love for any of them, but she acutely remembered the strong bonds that tied them together."Mezyana was a Church-goer from the beginning. Her parents went to Church regularly, and she continued going, even when she no longer had any compulsion to do so. I'm sure they would have understood if Mezyana had decided not to. Mezyana's religious passion still continues, of course. She's opted to serve her sentence as a novice in a Convent rather than in a jail, you know. She'd.