.."Some time later we had a plan hammered out that everyone agreed on. It was time for me to bring up a point I had been dreading through out the mee...ing."Because I give the Excalibur a far better chance to get through this than my lighter ship, if it would be alright with you, Captain Russell," I said, bracing myself for the coming explosion, "I would like to transfer Miri and my son to the Excalibur until we get back into the Zone." VALERIE NICOLE CALLAWAY!" Miri detonated right on cue. "If. He then returned to his paperwork but found it hard to concentrate on it knowing what was going to happen at the weekend.Friday came and Brian picked Emily as planned. They drove up to the hotel and booked in, with 1 or 2 glances headed there way when a man in his late 40’s booked in with an 18 year old wife. So when does this conference start asked Emily? Before Brian could respond his mobile phone rang. It was his office telling him there had been a last minute cancellation of the. ”“Okay, but we’ve already filled Air-Bytes’ pilot slots, and have a waiting list of qualified people, unless she’s willing to be an on-call back-up.”He shook his head. “I want to hire her for Aero Services Austin.”Anastasia considered that for a few moments. “We only have three airplanes and no firm contracts yet, and in a matter of weeks, Jeff and Rachel will leave Air-Bytes and come over to ASA, so what do we need her for?”“The TLS contract.”Anastasia looked puzzled.“I know you and Noah have. Looking up I thanked the Green Man. With afriendly wave, Mandy and I left the glade.++++++++++++++++++++Deputy Sheriff Dan Summers took off his hat and wiped his head. Policework was difficult enough without the thought of having to explain to aparent that their child was not going to return home.Behind him sat Cindy, the forces only female Deputy and a Mrs. Laura Holmsthe mother of the missing child. It was bad enough that her child wasmissing, how she talked another one to go running into the.