Tommy spoke for the first time. "I think the Bearded Guy was going to letus go really quick." Yeah, before the Black Hats arrived." Hats?" Tommy asked...I explained the term, and he nodded and then I said, "So are we beingpunished ...or tested?"Craig shrugged. "I'd say we're being tested."Tommy said, "Tested to do what?"Craig and I exchanged one of our countless looks over Tommy. Craigpatiently said, "Not tested like in school, tested like ...well, like labrats." What?" Tommy almost jumped from. There was a change of clothes with it." This was his escape route," Whatley mused aloud."Looks that way," Grigsby agreed.As gently as they could, the agents got Hanes out of the body bag, off the dock and situated in an SUV that had darkened windows. His face was devoid of all expression, but it was still obvious that he was in pain.Grigsby nodded to the body bag, and one of the agents quickly folded it up and put it in one of the SUVs. Grigsby shoved the gurney back into the elevator and. He knew that was impossible, of course. He knew she'd had boyfriends, gone on dates, engaged in making out and frottage, at a minimum. None of that mattered as his mind tried to manufacture a scenario in which she was still innocent, and he was the first to touch her.His hands moved an inch farther up.She let him rub without comment for another half minute, and then lifted her head again."You're just not quite getting where I need you to be," she said. "Maybe you could reach it better if I. "I can see that you're finally getting it, Charles. From what little you have told me so far, I know of nothing that stops me from simply deciding not to return to Gael. Now, perhaps you would like to enlighten me as to why it is so important?"I could see that I had made my point. Charles was on his feet, pacing and wringing his hands together like I had seen him do before when he was highly agitated. At last he came to a decision."Very well, Sean. You would have to be told eventually anyway.