” Julias gave Jessy a nod and headed to join Natasha at the door. When he glanced over his shoulder, he could see Jessy blink at Mike before she tur...ned to join him. Mike collapsed to the floor, but did not move; he wouldn’t move for a while.Within five minutes, they’d broken down a door, interrogated a kid, and rewrote his memories. Julias smiled to himself as they walked out of the building, back into the street, and with the practice of decades, nonchalantly rejoined the flow of bodies. And I knew exactly where to find the blood that would be spilled.It took a few weeks to build an airtight case. Those weeks were pure torture because I needed the relief that would come only after I spent a few days with those responsible inside a locked, soundproof room.The pastor once said, “All things come to him who waits...”He was oh so right.It was either very late, or really early. Take your pick.The room was very dark.It didn’t matter how much light bathed the lone figure.Light wouldn’t. Where was Katie? I was close to a panic, but remembering that Becky was with me and would need my strength I held it together.“Daddy?” she asked in a scared voice. “Why are all these cars here?”Before I could answer my father in law came out of the house with my mother in law Grace just behind him. “I don’t know sweetie, but I’m sure everything is all right. Here come your Nana and Papa.” I had encouraged Becky to call them that because they hated it; “It just isn’t dignified.”I got out and. She had several hours of downtime between some of that and was working on her tan in the California sun. The outdoor pool area was huge and very quiet. This wasn’t a meeting with young families and there weren’t all that many spouses either.Kelly was tanning in a bikini which was respectable enough for the venue. But there is also a counterpoint that her 36G boobs in a bikini are borderline obscene no matter what! Kelly couldn’t help but notice a good-looking man swimming some laps and also.