I'd tell the others as needed, but I already had a place picked out.Well, that got us busy. We grabbed the welder and some flat stock to turn an inner...room, the break room, into a lock-up. Joe and I welded barriers across the hallways so that a bathroom was inside the perimeter, then framed up a doorway, built a heavy door and welded in a few hinges. A padlock secured it. Nobody was getting out of there without tools. We stripped all the shelves and took out all the appliances except for a. Perhaps Trevor had put a time limit on the visit and insisted on a chaperone. He chided himself at that: she needed someone to drive her to collect the car. What was wrong with him, he asked himself. He did not wait for an answer."Angela!" he smiled with enthusiasm, "You came back. Come for the car?"She hugged him to her and kissed his cheek, "For the car and to see you again. I seem to be fated to leave you unexpectedly."She indicated Greta, "Joseph may I introduce Greta, my best friend. Greta. He was worried and wanted to get this business over with and away from them. He didn’t feel comfortable being near these two men. “Well, we still need an audience with Huntress. Our Queen has sent us her to secure the crystals.”“Secure in what way?” Darcy asked with a raised eyebrow.“We have sixty soldiers that will assist us in guarding them for you,” Lord Oak announced and hoped they turned up soon, he was wondering what was keeping them.“In your dreams, buddy,” Darcy snarled.Lord Oak stepped. We all make mistakes, and do things we don’t feel proud of.”I wanted to wriggle out of her embrace, but she needed me to accept it, and I wasn’t going to add to my mum’s distress. It hurt to know how much she hid from me, but perhaps she was doing her best.“Does Fiona play?” she said. “It would be nice if she has some sort of talent to entertain. You know how your grandmother loves that.”“Yeah”, I said. “We’re preparing the Wexford Carol for New Year.” Mum gulped. “It’s an ancient Irish song..