Mexico was a country that offered many things. Bribery and corruption were wide spread at all levels of government. The police, the army, and the poli...ticians were standing in line with their hands out. The the people of the beach side community welcomed people with money that offered employment. Unlike most areas in the states that Bill Todd had looked at, the Mexican’s welcomed him.Bill had made a business arrangement with the local police chief. Unlike the US, where the officials might look. How are you going to explain this to Aru though?" I shuddered at the idea of her mother calling my home. "I told mommy I was spending the night with a friend, but that fell through. Is it okay if I spend the night?" she said impishly, giving me the impression that her "friend" was one of the male variety. "Or course you can Princess" I replied, reverting to the name I'd called her throughout her childhood. I was about to continue when she interrupted"Uh, dad, can we pull over? I think I'm going. ”He smiled, “ Tomorrow. “Later I noticed that everywhere I went The little black boy Tom Mills was right behind me. Finally I asked him what the deal was . He said his mother told him if he wanted to grow up and survive. Not to worry about Moe he had his own troubles. She told him to follow Jake, he knows how to survive. I asked who his mother was and he said She was the librarian. I thought for a moment and I remembered her, We had had a few conversations about the books I checked out.I said. They stopped in a pizza hut for dinner, Liz's choice, but Eveline washappy to oblige. It was a while since they had stuffed themselves on junkfood like this and as usual when she picked up the menu she could see atleast half a dozen starters and desserts that she fancied and couldn'tdecide between, which made the pizza for the main course seem boring incomparison. She said as much to Liz, and to her amazement Liz said,"What's stopping us then? Let's go mad."And so they ordered tandoori chicken.