. a strange one, she decided, even for an Earthman; she had heardhim speaking in that Earthian tongue and the transparent ruse of naminghis home city ..."Tellus", well...He laughed a lot, too much, and the way he treated Amanda, the White-Silkbrunette, was odd too. Abuse she could understand, she had been beatenenough herself in the past and she'd surely be beaten again in thefuture, but ridicule? He was out to break her, Kresca mused, the girl'sspirit was being crushed to be remade anew but in. I was home in bed, so it was okay for me. I didn’t even make it to the crime scene.” she admitted.“Good, try to keep it that way. It’s pretty gory I expect,” I suggested. She dropped me at the house. The medical examiner’s office had called in a group of ambulances. They came from different counties to remove the remains. The whole thing was a cluster fuck. Ambulances coming and going, mixed with patrol cars getting back on station, and crime scene tape everywhere made for an environment where. My dad worked away a lot, Asia and Africa, something to do with oil, all I know was he made a shit load of money and we were very comfortable. My mum had been a nurse before I was born and after I started High school she went back into it, not for the money but I guess something to do, what with dada being away for weeks at a time. Yup, home was good.Ok that’s just a brief bit of my history that is needed to tell you my main story.We had been having some renovation work done to the house, a. The big man nodded at Hansen and walked down into the room silently, followed by Jimmy, Paul and Finley. Waiting behind them, but not entering immediately was Laura Black. She looked stunning, her short blonde hair perfectly made up and her clothes only enhancing her style. She walked slowly up to him, her blue eyes looking directly into his. ‘Hey,’ she said, and then placed both her hands on the side of his face and kissed him gently. ‘Hey you too,’ he said, trying to not to respond to the.