'Who is it for, sir?' she politely enquired.'Err... my girlfriend.' I replied and blushed at the same time.'What size is she?' the lady probed.At that... moment, my bottle had gone. I had no idea about women's sizes, and I was not about to say, 'Oh, she's the same size as me!'I mumbled something, turned a shade of beetroot, and left the store in a hurry.But my curiosity had been ignited. Over the next few months, I would buy women's underwear from the department store. Large was not big enough. We. They would browse the shop windows and perhaps buy something before relaxing in their favourite café and chatting. Sharifa’s bodyguard kept a safe but watchful distance. Eventually, Nicola also became accustomed to their presence and accepted it. It was during one of their chats that Nicola decided to satisfy her curiosity.Nicola laughed and then cleared her throat. “Sharifa, may I ask you something?” she asked uneasily.“Of course,” was the answer, “What’s the problem?”“I despair,” said Nicola,. Long. We have allowed your company to have this meeting to find out where your proposal might differ from the one that has been submitted to us."For the next two days the oil minister and his delegation ripped apart Paladin's proposal and called attention to the sections of the specifications that Paladin had not addressed. In the evenings Bob and his crew went over the specs and the proposal. Each night they broke up after midnight. On Tuesday afternoon Bob Long asked for and received a copy. She forced herself to remain until she could verify it, then fled for her life.''Convey my personal thanks to her, once again she has gone beyond what anyone expected of her, ' sent Mike, 'I hate to even ask it Samron, but can your folk swarm the place? Wherever this infection started there should be the fingerprints left behind of the agent that sowed this chaos. We need to isolate and track down the bastard.''My Lord, it will be done at once. I shall lead myself, ' came Samron's reply.'Just.