"Funny seeing you here," she said."What are the chances?" I replied with a smile."I missed you at the reunion." It may have just been me, but there se...emed to be a hint of regret in her voice."There will be more," Over her shoulder, I noticed the girls walking our way, each carrying a bag of stuff. "Come on, Mimi, there are some people I want you to meet."Leah's face brightened when she recognised Yesmine and she rushed over to give her a friendly hug. Katie and Melinda gave her the once-over. When the girls were all made up to go to the gala last Friday in their formal gowns, they were truly amazing. I’m just shallow enough to appreciate the glamour aspect of a little makeup tastefully applied.Other than at the parties, I hadn’t seen Allison wear more than a little eye-liner and lipstick. What I saw now was a strikingly beautiful woman who looked like she could walk down Michigan Avenue and own it. The look was soft but very sophisticated. Before I could say more than “Wow!” though,. ” I tried to pull away but they were bigger and stronger and I looked around. There was no one around, just us, late at night, in the park. Me and four men all smiling at me and I was scared and couldn’t move. He had a strong hand and held me there. One of the others came over and tried to kiss me. I turned away. Then my head was held and there was a mouth on mine. “You taste good!” he said. He tasted of tobacco. “All we want is a little taste. We won’t hurt you. Just a taste and. He tapped on the portrait of Detective Kate Beckett and unfolded a digital file that spiderwebbed out all the known consorts in her mothers murder. He stared at the mess of names and dates and grudgingly dragged a file icon Marked Beckett to the Digital trash can. "Deleting file." was all the screen said. There was a knock at the door, he slowly walked over and opened it to find Beckett standing in his hallway, soaking wet from the torrential May shower. "Beckett, what do you want?" he asked a.