"As an insurance."Sitolytta's upper lip curled to show a little of snow-white sharp teeth."You are bluffing." Can you take that chance?" I said."I cou...ld scoop your corpse out of carapace and have it tested by'volunteers'." The smile returned to Sitolytta's face. "But that wouldtake too much time. Have it your way, associate Bemariq. There's littlereason, why we can't work together." She turned to a soldier. "Keep yourneedler to her head. If she does anything funny, shoot."The soldier walked to. "Chinese. I love Chinese."."Chinese then." I held out my hand to help her up. "Come on. Let's go and find a restaurant."Millie was very quiet as I drove back from Plymouth, and I didn't feel the urge to fill the silence with inane chatter. We got to Tavistock around ten-thirty and I stopped outside her flat. She sat quietly in her seat and looked towards the front door then turned to me."Can we be together tonight?" I leaned over and kissed her."Are you sure?" Yes." She whispered. I went to get. She opened the back door of the car and turned her focus to the envelope now sitting on top of her warm winter coat. Morgan again fingered the flap, opening it enough to see the now-crinkled edges of the plain photograph paper. They were apparently home-developed, for there was no watermark or other identifier on the back or edges of the prints, only the single line note taped to the back of the first one:"Thought you should know. From, A Friend."Nothing else to help her track down the person. . on the patio. Let's wait and see what happens."Jason's boyish grin let me know he was game for a little intrigue. We'd both returned to the safe house, me with Ed and Jason with Susan, and Ed and Susan had shuffled off to their rooms for some private time, and not with each other. Jerome was out somewhere with Dad, Sara and Donna, so neither Nora nor Marsha knew Jason and I were back. The two ladies probably believed they were alone in the big house."May I join you?" Marsha asked Nora.Jason.