Some of the old gang will also be there. Can I count you in?" Sure! What attire?" If I had known you'd come, the dress would have been khakis. As it i..., I recommend a tux if you want to blend in. Surely you can ask Q branch for tux, now can you?"Somehow Andrew seemed to be of the opinion that Henry was working for MI-6."Drew, I'm not working for the MOD anymore, I'm not working at all right now. I cannot tell you what I did for a living, but I assure you that tuxedos were not part of it. I. A guy in a leather vest was checking Ids. He looked me over and smiled. "Hey Tom, glad you made it. Somebody's dream will come true this weekend." He handed me a form to sign and made copies of my Ids. He led me through a door to a small stage in a crowded room. I saw bondage tables, chains hanging from the ceiling, stocks, and other bondage devices. Jason pointed to a "1" painted on the floor and said "Stand here, No talking!" I looked into the crowd. All eyes were checking me out. Soon other. He also issued a warrant for Wallace Mann's cell phone provider and authorized Mark Strickland to secure a call log from Mann's county-provided phone "by any means necessary."It took some doing but Mark located a call to a phone that traced back to Biff Wells by cross-referencing Mann's logs against those from Pam and Lauren Wells. That still didn't tie Mann to the murder. We would need Pam's testimony for that.To that end, I accompanied Elizabeth on the journey. Little Lauren was safely. ’ He nearly choked the words into my ear. I felt tears spring into my eyes and felt like a damn pansy, but it didn’t matter. I kissed his cheek and whispered back, ‘I love you, too.’ I tightened my hold on him and snuggled my face into his neck. It had been too long since I’d been graced with the pure smell of him, the deep, warm, scent of pine trees and smoke that always lingered on his skin. I’d missed him more than I had wanted to admit, even to myself. He squeezed me and let out a short.