Greg wrote: > > "Oh my God!", she loses it, lowering her head into her hands and > > sobbing. > Woof comes around the table kneels beside her and puts his arms > around her pulling her head into his shoulder. "Lessa, Lessa..." he > rocks her until she regains control, saying her name softly. "Lessa, > I'm not going to abandon you. Lesssa clings to Woof and sobs on his shoulders for a minute or more before she draws a deep breath and stops sobbing. > "We'll get them...and Rachel." He pulls her head back a little, > looking into her eyes. "We'll get your daughter, Lessa. Tell me, do > you know who they were? What do they want you to do?" She nods and her chin firms, "Yes, I'll get Rachel back. I WILL!" She pushes Woof back as she tries to compose herself "No, I don't know who they are, but I've got a very good idea who they are working for...." She pushes a brown cardboard folder that is lying on the table toward Woof and says, "...and what they want me to do is to destroy *this* and then die. I'm sure that bomb at MNN was meant to kill me and destroy my notes, or at least to destroy the notes on the system in my office, but *I* got out and I had copies." The cardboard folder has a flap to hold its contents inside and is held shut with a dark red cloth string tied into a bow. On it's cover Woof sees printed in Lessa's neat hand, "Notes on Hayes and Burke". Lessa says, "I have enough here to clear myself and, I think, put a really big crimp into the Guild's plans, but if I use it then Rachel is dead, so I can't use it." She adds with a hard glint in her eyes, "Not until I get Rachel back." Lessa reaches under the table and picks up her large bag. She pulls a notebook computer from it and lays it on the table. She opens the lid and then stops and says with emotion in her voice, "Woof, I'll understand if you don't want to watch *this*, but I think maybe you should before committing to help me." She waits for Woof to answer... Eris AKU
