I can tell you that it has disturbed her greatly. At the same time, she does not feel any remorse. She knows she had to do it to protect Ismi, and you... and me, too. I think mothers have a special protective instinct that allows them to justify anything in defense of their offspring without remorse. Women are just fiercer than we men are when their kids are involved. She seems to feel more of a sense of fulfillment than any regret or remorse."Ken paused for a moment, looking uncertain, then. Oakman," Elizabeth said."Thank you," I said. "My research also revealed that John Windom's mother is still alive, or was at the time of his death. Did Mrs. Jacobs assume the responsibility of raising the child?" She did," Elizabeth said."Thank you," I said again. "Mrs. Jacobs resided in Reno, Nevada. I'll be driving to Reno tomorrow to interview her and Mr. Windom's daughter." Then you'll be wasting a trip," Elizabeth said and then laughed, probably at the confused expression on my face. "Carol. "If yougive us a while, I'll call her on her mobile." We can wait," replied the other girl as Dorie Lou tapped in thenumbers to her phone."D'you want some coffee, while you're waiting?"The girls nodded and Jeanette disappeared into the kitchenette whileSimone prepared the modelling samples that Virginia would be showing.To everybody's surprise Virginia appeared in less than a couple ofminutes and Dorie Lou looked askance."You can't have been far." Just around the block," replied Virginia. ”He ranted a bit longer but gave up after he saw I wouldn’t change my mind.Things got easier after a few weeks. Mark even took up golf again but only every other week.The bus stop was right in front of the ice cream parlor. I’d been out shopping. There had been a situation at work, parts had not been ordered, and we were almost in shut down mode. Everyone was panicking and I accidentally got a Vice President when I tried to contact the vendor for Jackson, my boss. I ended up talking to him for.