.let's see!" he said pushing his intercom. "Lucy can you come in here please?" he asked. "Who are you talking too, no one's out there?" Ben asked. "Lu...y was on her lunch break, but that ended five minutes ago." The door opened and a stocky bleach blonde entered with a newspaper and cup of coffee. "Here's your stuff Doctor." she said passsing us by. "Thank's Lucy..that'll be all." Michael said waving the girl off. She walked to the door then closed it behind her. "Oh wow that girl was clearly. Massive maple trees filled the yard to which I had strung wire in several directions for the old radios I had in my room. One was a short wave that I found on the curb. It needed two vacuum tubes to make it operational, a good antenna, and a good electrical ground. A steam radiator with its thick metal pipe provided the ground. I had two other radios I was tinkering with. Both were retired military radios that operated on 24 volts.My window, the only one in my room, looked across our side yard. Simmons. I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time." Not at all and please call me Chrissy, agent." Fine Chrissy it is. I'm Ike." He glanced down at the laptop and tapped several times. "Thanks again for your help. I'm told we have an airtight case against the Willis brothers, Malik and Eriq." You don't need to thank me agent Jen ... Ike. It was my patriotic duty to assist you." Well, my supervisor was a little upset by the tapes. He was angry when he assumed you were an undercover agent,. I had Randall Smith coming to look over how to get skiers up to the top of the lease. I was hoping he could come up with something that wasn't too costly.One thing I hadn't had time to check out was the trail up the mountain and the ghost town that sat in the valley on the other side. Maybe I could convince Angelina to go horsebacking to see the abandoned town with me. I knew she rode. I did now, but it wasn't anything I was thrilled with. How in hell could people spend hours in the saddle and.