"Welcome, Sohla. Miss Tarry. Always a pleasure. He turns and nods after her, and I smile his way with a polite nod and walk out to follow him.

"Why here?" I ask pushily and linger behind him as he shows us the way. "This building, I mean." Taking in the unchanged décor and the same old ambiance that always was.

"We have some minor things to sign off on and the matter of agreement to a DNA test to satisfy the board of directors. I'm a busy man, and this was easier for me. It's a nothing thing, and we have a nurse coming to do it. It takes a...