It had given him a twist in his gut to play that card. Not that he wasn’t used to shady dealing. That came with the territory. But after seeing the ...video of his son with that god damn whore, he knew he had to make the deal. Especially since that whore was now a missing person and had her face plastered all over the news. If people thought his family was embroiled in a kidnapping or murder, there was a chance the senate seat could flip. Not on his goddamn watch. He muttered under his breath,. Thankfully traffic was light, assuming most people in this town had already arrived at work. I couldn't stop beating myself up over it on my way there. I hope my new boss goes easy on me. I parked in front of the building, closest to the door. My anxiety spiked to new heights. I found my self biting my bottom lip nervously, so I took a deep breath.'Here we go,' I mumbled to myself before entering through the automatic doors. I walked briskly through the door labeled 'employee's only' and into. I know I went back to our hotel, picked up luggage, paid the bill, did stuff in town and finally got on a train, changing, I assume, in Leeds, and eventually got back to London. I don't remember any of it. Not a thing. Except that I found myself walking down a platform at Kings Cross, even then only vaguely aware of the crowds of people amongst me, the various obstacles and obstructions that always seem to be scattered about ... I was moving on autopilot, most of my mind having simply switched. It was some time before I could get anything really coherent from her, but slowly I pieced together the story from her point of view. She told me that it seemed inexplicable to her now, but she had never thought very much of me one way or the other until a few days ago, when she had been sunbathing in the garden when she should have been at school. On hearing this confession of truancy I remembered to look shocked and disapproving. This seemed to dismay her. ‘But James, I know it’s wrong but.