Could she be alive? She would have to be in her nineties. I don’t sleep that night. I toss and turn no matter how mind numb I have become. I’m out...the bed with the sun. Several of my frat brothers are threatening crucifixion till I leave the house as quietly as I can. I have a credit card Dad gave me my first year in collage. Said it was for emergencies. I’ve never used it. I do now. The detective I hire is a local man like myself, but he comes with a good reputation. He knows how to find. Aroha also realised that she wanted to explore a little with Tracey too and perhaps Nat ... After all Nat was intriguing and Aroha realised she might learn a few things from her too ... assuming Aroha could get them to break cover, of course. Besides, Nat and Tracey were not competition, Gavin was her boyfriend and that's what really mattered to Aroha."Morning, little Lady," I murmured in Aroha's ear as she snuggled into me."Morena (Good morning), my Gavin," she murmured in return before. His wife could not be found for comment. The Crown Solicitor was consulted. All this had taken time, actually extra time, because the Admiralty and the Foreign Office were stretched almost beyond their limits dealing with the aftermath of the Brown Hollow government and the Naval disaster which followed.Sabajhi Indua jr was just crawling when the matter of Gorgipest and salvage was passed to the Navy Board. MFH had on two occasions approached the Admiralty Court to have Gorgipest condemned as a. At that time, neither was I.Anyway, Madeline and I met for drinks at a Ruby Tuesday close by. We hit it off pretty well and agreed to play golf together the next weekend. We were both full time employed and only had the weekends to play golf.Neither of us was worth a shit at the game, but we enjoyed the open air and trying to get better at striking the ball.This went on for several months with dinner, movies, and other normal dating activities occurring on mostly the weekends. I'd gone slowly.