Kara was up early the next morning, even before the men while she poured over her books to see if she could make much sense of what her granddad had left her. She had finished four cups of coffee and several cookies while she worked, before Brad even showed up. The knock on the door brought her back to the present and she raised her eyes and realized that the sun had risen. She left her office to answer the door and found a disheveled looking Brad standing in the living room while Thelma headed towards her study. Kara had a moment of confusion, since she had not even heard Thelma come in that morning. Had she been so consumed in what she was doing that she had not only lost time but also did not hear Thelma come in? But she was quick to shake herself into the present as she smiled and