And it was where I'd left it on thesink in the bathroom. I frantically dialed Brad's cell phone. It wentstraight to the answering machine, which meant...he didn't have it turnedon. I hung up and called Lisa. It rang three times and I got heranswering machine. No! I was just talking to her! I tried her cellphone. Nothing! Oh God!I grabbed my purse and headed toward the bed, dumping it out looking fora tiny piece of paper with Brad's pager number. Gotcha! I dialed it andpunched in my number and. He does not say a word just sits with his chin resting on his entwined fingers until I am done. I turn and face him. Unfolding his longs legs he stands at over 6 feet tall he towers over me “Ms. Lane …...Tardiness is not tolerated. I am afraid we can't proceed until the situation is dealt with.” I stand rooted to the spot, frozen in a mixture of fear and awe at what is probably the most handsome man I have ever seen. Taking off is black suit jacket he drapes it over the back of a chair and. We finished breakfast and Dan and I went off to work. It was a perfectly mundane day. We had lunch together, I was worked out hard and told I was making more progress. I was allowed to walk around the gym without the crutch for most of the afternoon so long as I was slow and careful and at the end of the afternoon, I asked the doctor if I could switch to a cane to help support my weight or if I should stick with the crutch. He thought about it and nodded that a cane should be fine if I had one. We're from the police. We would like to askyou some questions, if you don't mind." Kumiko just nodded. She was a bit apprehensive. She didn't like to talkto strangers just like that. Dr. Winfield noticed the tension inKumiko's body. He decided to stick around. Apparently the girl wasn'tcomfortable talking to strange people.Detective Brankovich squinted, "Dr. Winfield? Could you give us someprivacy here?" I'm sorry but I haven't finished with Kumiko, so I'll stay here.Besides I think someone.