We will have to leave soon." Will I get to say goodbye?" No," Zai shook his head softly, "The world will suppose you dead, too much blood." Oh." The b...oy sounded almost emotionless, resigned to his fate. If it hadn't been for the emotion leaking from him Zai would have thought that the boy was a vegetable."I got this for you." Zai separated himself from the boy, fumbled in the mess of blankets and cloak and came up with a pair of jeans, thick socks and an oversized sweatshirt. "We're gonna have. ‘What did you think of Daly?’ Marcia asked, returning her attention back to the blonde. ‘Have you ever had anyone as big?’ ‘Never,’ Alice said, with a sexy giggle. She’d been with lots of men but no-one had ever approached Daly’s size. No wonder Kirsten had long held her fixation for black men. She felt guilty that she’d been the one who’d got it on with Daly rather than her fellow cop. She’d never be able to let that particular cat out of the bag. ‘Wait ’til you have another black man,’ Marcia. ”“The Penal Colonies records show that there was a yellow throat Shiss here and that would then support all the other evidence that it was a Shiss raid after all. “ She sighed. “The faint engine trails, Shiss Disabler Drones, the bribe for the Warden coming from a Credit box we know has been stolen in a Shiss raid. So I guess HQ was right and I dragged you out here for nothing.”He got up his nice trousers completely caked with mud. “Why did you?”“Drag you out here?” She shrugged. “It is really. The bulkhead said we were flying on a Gulfstream G200 and I tucked that away in my memory to let Jimmy know.Nicole was still stiff and sore from her episode three days earlier and was happy to stay seated in the lush leather chair she had chosen. I got curious and wandered about the cabin, helping myself to a soft drink while Nicole declined. I was anticipating our arrival back at the Carlisle's. There was still the logistics of retrieving my car from Detroit Municipal, but otherwise, I was.