Masuk"Lucy has suffered a little set back in her plans so I think she should just take a few days to breathe and consider other avenues." Ben said to the others then he looked to the young woman who was still clinging tightly to his shirt. "Lucy, you are welcome to stay with us while we're in Paris." He looked at Gabriella. "We're here for five days?" Ben guided her back to the couch and she finally let go of him as she sat."Yes, we have five days in Paris then we set off south." Gabriella agreed. "We certainly have room if she doesn't mind sharing a room some nights. We have the floor, six rooms. Yours, mine which I'll share with Miriam, Catherine's which she's sharing with Sophia, Rachel and Megan are in another, Tina has room with an extra bed and Daniel has his own room which he is thrilled about. As we have the whole floor and elevator access to our floor is controlled by our room keys, I'm comfortable about Daniel being on his own." She turned to Lucy. "You can bunk with Tina... or
"How are you here? Why aren't you in custody?" the woman growled."Who the hell are you?" Ben growled back."Detective Babineaux. Answer my question!" she barked."I'm done answering quest-" Ben began loudly when Tina interrupted him."Chief Inspector Antoine Boucher said Ben was not the man the police were looking for. He set Ben free! If you want to question your boss feel free to speak with him. Until then you may leave us alone please!" Tina asserted.Ben looked at Tina with a proud smile. Then he looked over at Lucy who was sniffling. "Are you Ok?" he asked."I just want to go home!" she begged looking at Ben pleadingly."Then let's make that happen." Ben said kindly, holding out his hand.Lucy picked up her pack, slipped around the detective and seized Ben's hand like a lifeline.Babineaux stepped right up to Ben and looked him in the eye. The woman was almost his height. "I don't know how you fooled Boucher and I don't know how you've convinced these women to defend you but I k
Boucher felt disappointment settle upon him. Three months was too recent for this man to be Kirion Rapava. The first report of Rapava's scar was from five years earlier. Still he thought he'd try one last thing. He looked carefully at the ladies. "Does the name Kirion Rapava mean anything to you?"Gabriella shook her head as did Catherine and Tina. He nodded."There remains the fact that your friend and neighbor used violence against a fellow passenger. A passenger that is in his rights to press charges. Please give me a moment to call your contacts and to confer with the assaulted man to see how he wishes to proceed."Gabriella nodded and cast a worried look at Catherine and Tina. Once they were alone she addressed her fears. "The French judicial system is different than ours. Here you are guilty until proven innocent.""We will not get to leave with Ben?" Tina whimpered."We will see. You may need to be brave Tina." Gabriella took her hand.Chanel was in a rage. Felix was in the pro
The man dressed, all the while glaring at the three officers. His blush betrayed his humiliation and his facial scar stood out in stark contrast. Once he was shackled to the table again they left as did the watchers with Chanel. One of the ladies stopped and looked back at the detective. "I hope it isn't him. Sending such a beautiful man to prison for life would be such a waste." she said and ignored Chanel's glare as she left.Minutes later she watched the door open on the interrogation room again. Detective Felix Mannus entered the room with a file in his hand. Mannus looked like he'd just stepped off a catwalk. Crisp, tailored suit, perfectly mussed hair, chiseled features, the man used his looks as a weapon against those he interrogated. He seemed to be able to get people to open up to him faster. People wanted to trust the pretty man. Babineaux snorted. She'd been told she could do the same thing but she found the idea distasteful.Mannus sat and opened the file."Mr..." He looke
Megan, who had been assigned baggage watch duty caught the eyes of her sisters and pointed to the suitcases. Sophia nodded and pulled Rachel over with her to stand with the accumulation of bags. They knew of the three of them Megan was the boldest and would push her way into places the others wouldn't think of entering.Gabriella scanned the baggage claim area once more but Ben wasn't there. She had his suitcase so he hadn't been through the area yet. Megan walked up to her."Give me a few minutes," she said and Gabriella nodded. Megan headed off towards the doors to the customs area. Gabriella watched her slip through the doors as a passenger exited. She wished her luck but then the young lady made her own luck.She looked over at Catherine and saw she was biting her lip. They were both nervous but Tina was beginning to look frantic. "Tina, don't worry. He's probably just caught up in some technicality. Megan will find him.Tina trembled but nodded as her eyes remained locked on the
A Shepherd in France -********Ben Shepherd shuffled a few feet closer to the entrance of the customs area in the airport in Paris. His neck was hurting from how it had been positioned when he slept on the flight over from the States. He tried rolling out the kink in the thick muscles. He grimaced in pain and rubbed at it. That was the problem with being muscular. Big muscles meant big muscle pain and Ben was a big man. 6' 3" and 260 pounds of hard muscle gifted from good genes and earned from a strenuous exercise regimen. He didn't look bad for a man in his forties.He looked around at the seething mass of people trying to get through customs. Several large planes had landed and offloaded in quick succession which lead to this ugly bottleneck. Ahead of him in that mass were three women he was in love with and who had expressed their love for him. He never expected to find love in his life after his wife left him for another man. To find it with three women was so far beyond his expe



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