It was funny just how many doors those blokes claimed to have walked into! Do I need to say anymore?By the time we left school Lena was proficient in ...several of the martial arts and an accomplished marathon runner. The first anyone had heard of her relationship with Dog had been when the wedding invites arrived. Some folks had questioned whether Dog had found himself a wife or a bodyguard. By that time Dog had been using his financial brain very successfully and had accumulated a considerable. I might report to the Pleiad, but I answer to the Civil Service Commission. We administrators are educated and trained to advise the councilors on all aspects of government. Which begs the question of where is Noah Fletcher? It is highly irregular for the Pleiad to meet without an administrator present."By the time Sonja finished her little tirade, I was red faced with embarrassment. Here I thought she was Bearclaw's lackey, and it turns out she was some sort of honest broker. Still, I didn't. CHAPTER TWO The gentleman who picked me up said Hello boy, where are you going? I am on vacation and know little of the area even though I have come at other times. I tell him the name of the region, and I added the location where I lived, for many tourists know the beautiful beach of the same name. The motorist claimed to know the beach and offered me a cigarette then asked me my name. Matthew, I told him very politely and thanked him for the offer of the cigarette. He shook my hand and said. " I volunteered the irrelevant information. "Really?" several young men muttered, without taking their eyes of the stage where the woman was moving her thick but delicate body like a belly dancer."Yes." I said. "I don't believe it." There're always a few skeptics. "That doesn't change the fact that that woman still drives a Mercedes and owns several properties in New York, Miami and Orlando." So why is she.....", someone behind me whispered.I didn't turn around. I looked at the woman and her.