He saw one of his deputies heading for the chopper and watched.Soon he saw the deputy escorting a woman about his age toward him. The woman was obviou...ly in distress. Percy hated this part of his job. The deputy introduced the woman as the mother of the missing man She was barely holding it together. I looked at the deputy and told him to send Judith with some coffee."I'm Percy Holmes, Chief of Police here. If you have any questions, please ask. I'll answer them as truthfully as I can." Thank. I wanted him and told him so, but he still was hesitant. What is wrong with you, I asked in frustration. He hesitated again. Well I dont know – what would you say if I told you that I can see somebody watching us. I started looking around, but he stopped me. I dont know – who is it?, I asked. Well, who would you like it to be?. I didnt know. I hadnt really ever thought of letting any of our neighbours watch us. The couple on one side was quite old and harmless, the people at the back were. For the last round of rum pum pums, Bonnie stopped singing the words and just held a single note.If you’ve ever tried to hold a note while someone is drumming on your ribs or back, you’ll know the effect that produces. If you haven’t, try it now, I’m sure you’ll end up laughing. If you don’t end up laughing, it means you’ve lost touch with your inner child and shame on you for that. Being in touch with your inner child is a definite survival mechanism in this day and age.Bonnie certainly knew. I lost because I got too excited with all of the naked bodies rubbing together. We were all sweaty and flopping everywhere. You should have seen it.”I stared at her in shock. My mouth hung down low enough it could probably start catching bugs. Irenia burst out laughing loud enough to startle the others awake. Each of them having a look of shock and responding as if there was a threat.Irenia fought to contain her laughter and said, “By the gods, Davik, the look on your face was absolutely.