Where are they?’ said Grafton. Agnes hesitated. ‘It would be worth two thousand,’ he added, knowing her question in advance. ‘I was hoping for...more. Bert lost eight in salary because of it. I wanted to make that up,’ pleaded Agnes. ‘Give me more, and I’ll give you more, Mrs. Loehman.’ Grafton toughened his tone. Agnes hesitated again. ‘Final offer—three thousand,’ Grafton sneered. ‘Tax free, of course,’ he added sarcastically. ‘The drawings are locked in Paul Crane’s office,’ said Agnes. ‘A. " An immediate silence fell."Nothing like a little discipline," said Anthony with a smile. There was an appreciative chuckle from everyone. "However, knowing how much talking you've all still got to do I'll be brief. And this is a speech that Mark hasn't got a copy of in his pocket." There was another chuckle. "I won't embarrass Victoria with stories of her childhood because Mark knew her then. On the other hand there was a gap of four years when they didn't see each other at all. Momentarily,. “Friday, when they were processing him in. I stuck with him until his lawyer showed up, and then I took off. I spent the weekend with my fiancée.”“Nothing since then? He didn’t call you? You didn’t go see him?”“No, sir,” I replied.“Did he give you any indication he planned something like this?” Brownell asked.“No, sir. I’d’ve mentioned it if he had.”The Lieutenant shrugged. “Well, I can just about guarantee that the detectives will be questioning you again. Anything that happens at the jail, we. "Lexi, he's all yours till I get some sleep." It was gettinginto bed that caught the reflection in the mirror. She now had a veryminute streak of white hair running along the side to disappear behindher right ear."It was the Phase Jump," Tessa told her."But we use the Phase Portals on Iridani and Omega all the time," shesaid."Yes and Phase Portals are built to handle the effects. Regular portalsare not. They draw the extra energy needed from the vehicles using themwhen they are used that way.".