The tone of the directive was one of a man fearful his long game was about to crash down around his head. With no sign of Anna in the past ten plus days, Graham must be thinking that Lydia, Alan, or Fiona had already gotten to her and ended her life. I had a feeling that is Anna didn't make an appearance Graham was going to lose his s**t and go after the vipers. We couldn't have that now, could we? Not with the little surprise we have in store for them all at the New Year's Eve party. Glenda gave me a conspiritorial grin as she was aware of my plans to keep Anna safe. As second in command of the Halifax office, she and I worked fairly closely with one another. At first there had been a bit of talk about us amongst the employees, but when Glenda introduced her wife at a Christmas party