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Riley Summers crossed liver pool street and went into the Royal and General Bank she smiled at the receptionist as a way of saying hi and waved at the security guard. She walked into the elevator, aware of the camera and the thermal censor on the other side "hi Brian" she said cheerfully to the twenty-one year old who worked the security cameras, even though all she saw was a mirror. The elevator got to the very top floor, the twelve floors, when she got off she waved to John Crawley as he got on the elevator. Amazing, he thought, she walks around here as if she own the place.

She walked to the very end of the corridor and looked down at her watch, it was exactly 4:30, the woman sitting behind a desk looked up at her briefly and nodded, and she leaned forward and muttered something into the phone. Riley opened the door and walked in sitting behind the desk was a man with gray hair, gray eyes and wearing a gray suit, his face was completely blank until he looked up and saw her and smiled "Riley it is so good to see you, I have missed you so much" he said standing up and walking over to her and embraced her in a hug "I missed you too Dad" she said hugging him back. He let go and sat back down in his chair behind his desk and she sat in a chair in front of his desk "so how have you found a school for you to attend?" he asked her "yup, it's called Brookland, it's pretty good" she said smiling "so has everything been settled at home?" he asked her "pretty much" she replied. Mrs. Jones walked into the room just then and she couldn't believe her eyes, Alan Blunt was no longer the gray bleak man he normally was, he looked much more alive, I guess this is what he is like with his family, she thought. She couldn't blame him he hadn't seen Riley or his wife for seven years as they had to move to the states for protection, but it was finally safe for them to come back now. "hello Mrs. Jones" Riley said politely "hello" Mrs. Jones replied "well I have to go help Mom finish unpacking" Riley said standing up, smiling politely at Mrs. Jones and walked out the door.

"They're going to meet sooner or later, Alan" she said to him sitting down in the seat Riley had left vacant "and I have a feeling it will be sooner." he sighed and his face went back to its usual gray completion. "I know, but maybe it'll be for the better, he wont be as lonely, he'll have someone who caries the same risk as he does." he said "yes, but that doesn't make circumstances any better, now instead of having one child to take care of we have to watch two" she said pointedly "we have always had to watch for Riley's protection and even though Alex is not working for us at the moment, even if his parents were still alive, he would have had to be protected," he sighed once again "they're both victims of circumstance."

"So how is Alex doing with his injury?" Blunt asked "much better, though he was starting to get quite restless when Dr. Ashby wouldn't let him leave after they put his arm in a sling and it started to heel," Mrs. Jones said "but it is now almost entirely healed." He smiled "good, now back to business."