‘‘No but don’t tell anyone - it’s not going to happen, I wouldn’t give them the pleasure. I just wanted them to worry a lot, hopefully not g...tting a good night’s sleep any time soon,’’ I said.‘‘Can you document everything you said in there?’’ Andrew asked.I opened my portable office and pulled the six folders out, putting the three I had just confronted on the table. The top sheet was the Pirate Bank Logo and had the account number with the copy of the paper index card with all the real. He drank two beers then left.By eleven o'clock the party was down to the slightly chubby young blond Osborn, the older and less attractive Ruth a female road deputy, Detective Letter the vice officer and me the Sheriff. I put a damper on the party, so I wasn't surprised they wanted to leave early as well.Osborn left but came back a few minutes later. "I decided I wasn't ready to go home after all." she said ordering coffee. I was glad to see her switch to coffee. I would hate to have to speak. You have changed but you aren't deformed ordamaged. You are very pretty now. I like you now. You are a niceperson." Can Candy come to see me?" Sure. We can have her come over some night for dinner." I love you, mom."Mary watched her new daughter fall asleep. She pulled the sheet upand tucked it in around her delicate body.As she did, she thought that it was time for her little girl to startwearing bras to support her growing breasts.The next afternoon, Mary went shopping. She bought groceries. Inside the padded manilla shipping envelope were two items.The first was an antique leather-bound journal with a worn strap holding its covers shut, the second was a heavy envelope with my name, Melissa Gordon, written on it in neat (if old-fashioned) cursive hand. The letter inside was typed on expensive heavy-weight paper that had the company watermark in the center of the page. The letter explained that the law firm had been retained by a small, independent museum to find and return the.