Schneider, or Mr. Martin, inside. Either way, we ain’t got no female guards, and no one unknown goes through that gate without being thoroughly sear...hed.” Beer Belly blinked, giving him a look that Denim Vest chose not to acknowledge. “So, how bad you want to visit inside, honey?”Sam gave Tim a carefully controlled fretful glance. “You don’t mean, strip-search, do you?” she questioned.Denim Vest guffawed. Then blinked rapidly, as though wondering if he hadn’t just stuck his foot in it. This. “We’ll not be finished with repairs for another week or two, Sir. There should be plenty of time for a dinner.”“Very well, I shall leave you now. I shall send you a billet soon.”“Yes, Sir. Thank you.”When Thomas was back in the rented boat, he nevertheless had it head for the quay. He needed to make arrangements for Mirabel and Florence, and it better be sooner than later. There was no telling how much time remained for him here in Gibraltar.He found the house of Angela Benning without. I was on the edge of the subdivision, and one street over - the neighborhood backed into some open fields. It seemed like the shots had come from that direction.Even as I turned the corner I heard three more shots ring out. To me they all sounded the same, and I couldn’t tell if it was from one gun or three. But by this point there had been six gunshots over about twenty seconds, meaning something bad was happening.On the field side of the road was a patrol car, with another car stopped in. Only two of the department's staff members had been required to work the whole week — herself and the newest member of the team, a just-out-of-college child named Sage. A quiet and shy Korean girl, Sage was normally the perfect office mate — she didn't listen to loud music, she didn't listen to your phone conversations and she did do her share of debits and credits with efficiency and a smile. Overall, Helen quite liked the girl, even tried to take something of a mentor role with her and Sage.