Much to Peter's surprise, that very afternoon she notified him that Mr. John Quade was out of the office and when she pressed further about Dylan's cl...im she got—stonewalled. She began investigating and in a few short hours discovered that Quade had been placed on administrative leave five days prior to her inquiry and that all of his cases were being audited. Before the call ended, Sarah asked him to let her know how he wanted to proceed. He pondered her words for a few minutes, then called. She was troubled. He was a millionaire."Sir, there's a problem. Can you talk?"He sat up. She was really upset about something. "What's wrong?"Jane sighed. "Ally's mother threw her out of the house." What!?" he exclaimed. "What the hell for?" When Ally didn't come home on Saturday night, her mother got pissed even though Ally left her a message saying that she wouldn't be home. Her mother went ballistic on her when she got home from class. Apparently she took a half day just to be home before. "I couldn't get it to open when I tried the doorknob, and I had no idea what the fancy buttons and lights meant, so I just used my plasma jet to burn away the lock so that I could push the door open."I almost burst out in laughter. She had apparently burned away the sealing system for an airlock. The fit was so good that there was little leakage after her act of vandalism. We went through the door and closed it. Osso had treated the inside door the same way, so I cycled the air (the. I almost got a bit mad, but thenit hit me how much they cared, and that realization got me choked up.I stopped, and the girls paused and looked concerned at me. I guess it wasobvious I was holding back tears or something. I cleared my throat andtold them, "Guys... Thank you... For everything... I wanted you to knowthat okay... No matter what happens from here on out, thank you for beinghere... It means... It really means a lot to me... Okay?" I wiped my eyesa bit as they all gave me a group.