"She'll survive," I lied. "She's strong. Her body's young."I crawled out of the tent into the noon sun. Tears rolled down my eyes. I stumbled to the r...iver bank and followed it upstream. This was all my fault. I never should have let Rex, Reina, and Queenie come along. I knew the trip was too dangerous. My sister-in-law was going to die.My knees sagged and I sank to the rocky bank as I cried. I hugged my knees, rocking back and forth. Once again, I had killed a loved one. Why couldn't I have. Giles was about to find out how different life could be in his officewhen you were no longer the alpha male.On seeing him, Caroline looked Giles up and down. In that oneassessment, Caroline had decided that whoever this old tart was, shereally shouldn't be working in the same place as Caroline but if shemust, she was going to know who was boss."So, you're the temp covering for Portia, are you?" she said haughtily."Yes, that's right, I'm here to cover for Portia," replied Giles."Miss Frensham to. ”“And you’re saying that my neighbor Tony is involved in all of this?”“Your neighbor Tony is what you might call a captain in his uncle’s organization.”“I just took over his accounting,” I said weakly.“We know.” she smiled. “We would be very interested in seeing his books.”“I, I can’t do that. Not without a subpoena.”“Of course, I understand.”My head was spinning. “I still don’t see how I can help you.”“Occasionally we’ve seen you and your wife socializing with Tony. We would like you to report. As this 'gentleman' enters my cabin he starts in on me with; "Are you the idiot responsible for my being hijacked half-way across the galaxy to fix a computer your people destroyed?" Paul leaves and closes the door quickly."If you are asking if I am the commander of this vessel; then yes I am. If on the other hand you are asking if I am an idiot then the then answer is an emphatic NO!" Now Sir; SIT DOWN, before I have you cycled out of an airlock. This is MY ship and you are here at the.