I figured that there was plenty of time to relay to her that her parents were probably dead at the hands of the Taliban. I had worked with the Taliban... before I knew they would literally eat this little girl up and her training would be quite harsh because she was a Western and a non-believer.I asked Alice if she had any other siblings, and she shook her head “no!”Then, she told me her daddy had gotten a divorce and her real mom had gone back to Sydney to her extended family telling her that she. Of course, all the people in the cubicles around me knew nothing about why my lunch was missing and oddly enough, when I mentioned tagging along to lunch with them, they all had plans, leaving me to fend for myself. I knew something was happening, just couldn't figure out what my wife had in mind.Shaking my head in confusion, I grabbed my keys and headed out across the large parking lot for my car. Normally I got to work early enough to get a spot close to the building, but today, I left home. "I remember that 'cos I thought it was unfair. There was something about you and Cheryl, yes, that's right, she said you and Cheryl were talking about getting together." What else?" Claire said that couldn't be true, because you and she were an item, something like that." And Tracy said?" I couldn't see where this was leading. Tracy said something about you only liking pretty women. Claire didn't like that. And yes! I said that if you had committed to her you would be loyal to her because. I almost felt guilty about taking AM away from Dave. Still, the thought of my brother taking advantage of her, deadened whatever burgeoning feelings of remorse I might have otherwise felt. Despite his obvious concern for AM, Dave did not deserve her. He would get his wish about being able to "move on" and Ann Marie's welfare would become my responsibility.As AM had already left, my talk with her would have to wait. If the AM situation was not bad enough, I got a call that indicated that two.