His stomach could not tolerate food yet, but the ritual cup in the morning was reassuring despite the slight sour protest from his stomach.The detecti...ve knew his name and face, undoubtedly having recorded the earlier visit. Hunter was taking a slight chance with a few extra hours in London, but he judged the risk as negligible. He would look like an insurance investigator whose case had just closed. Besides he really couldn't leave London without buying underwear from Spenser & Marks.His bag. The judges awarded my team 2nd place. It was high enough to move to the next round. Of the other five teams, two got honorable mention, but we alone would travel to second round. The win trigger a big change for us, while the rest of the class got to goof off, the four of us worked. As exciting and memorable as that period of my life was, another event dwarfed it. Brett and I became closer friends. As I was a clever if not always bright child sneaking out of my house had become something of a. " He said it looking concerned.It was quite obvious that someone had stolen my damn bike. I was so pissed. I couldn't think straight, the security officer had to call the police for me, while I ranted."While we wait for the local police, why don't we hop in my car and ride around the parking lot. We can check to see, if someone moved it to just bug you," he suggested."That is possible, so sure lets do it," I said. We rode in the mall's three year old Ford. We rode from one end of the mall to. Mom smiled at me and though she knew the costswere higher in the small store, she praised my loyalty. "It's alright Joan, I understand. Just pick up the paint that you needand I'll reimburse you," she said and laughed. Were we going to have awar of receipts? I laughed with her. We finally made our way through thequeue and headed back home. The mood had lightened. I was still worriedabout what I was going to say to "Dad" but I didn't let it overwhelm me. "OK, daughter of mine, first things.