He set the enclosed crystal CD box to one side and read the brief note from the private investigator, which was wrapped around photocopies of receipts...and a pile of still photographs that presaged the end of his almost 20-year marriage.Mr Ford was thorough, so he should be for the fee he was charging. He enclosed copies of hotel room credit card receipts, café and restaurant bills and his accompanying note listed names, venues, dates and times. Most of the stills showed his wife Clare with her. Both women felt that some major part of their lives was about to end, that rather than a new door opening, one was firmly slamming shut.After about fifteen minutes, Nina pulled herself together and looked in the mirror on the back of her car's visor. Her face was devoid of makeup, which was easily explainable to her husband, but her swollen, red eyes would be a different matter. She decided to just go with it, and pulled into traffic, headed for home.She pulled into her driveway, and walked. .. 'He was back.There had been nothing but silence through the wall. Either he had been creeping about like a mouse in there or he hadn't been home at all. But now there was music playing. My music. I hadn't even tried to listen to my favourite band, every song reminded me of him. And now the boy I loved who ripped out a big chunk of my heart was playing my music as if nothing had happened. Numbness and pain were replaced by a flame hot liquid rage.How dare he? How dare he come into my life and. ” Wotaanz called. “You are well equipped I see.”The other three animals faded back to translucence and returned to the ghost’s side. He walked forward, and slid to the right. He tapped a spot at waist height.“This is the weakest point. Whenever my daughters visit, they thin the ice here. Our plan was to use it to break out all the Valorous. Or perhaps allow an army to storm the Halls from below. If you break through here, it should not take you too much effort.” He said.“And in return?” John.