The next morning...

Cassi ran to the door when she heard the voice of her parents. She grabbed one of each of their hands and they all followed Max into the kitchen where Logan was setting breakfast on the table. Bling had wanted to be there too but Max and Logan felt it would be better to let them get accustomed to one new face at a time.

Everyone introduced themselves and then Max, Allan and Eve each took a stool at the island. Allan scooped Cassi up and sat her on his lap.

"So, has our girl been good?"

"Of course." Max said, flashing them a smile and handing them each a cup of coffee. "But she did wake up suddenly last night. We were a little concerned."

Emily and Allan exchanged glances as they paused in their obvious enjoyment of their coffee. Emily resumed her sipping and looked at Max, "Did she say anything to you?"

"Yes," Max replied, "I think she wanted to look in a mirror. I showed her one and she sang herself to sleep."

Allan looked at Emily with a confused look but Emily just thought for a minute and then chuckled. "I never thought of doing that," she said, half to herself. Then she noticed Max's confusion and spoke up, "I take it that she said 'Mira'?"

"Yes," Max said, "I asked her if she had a bad dream, she shook her head and said Mira."

"It was the part about the dreams. I had a daughter from my first marriage who was really close to Cassi. Her name was Miranda. We all called her Randa but Cassi has called her Mira from the time she could speak. Randa dreamed a lot so Cassi associates any talk about dreams with her. Was she singing ~Sleep Cassi~?

Max nodded.

"That's one of the things Mira sang to Cassi to get her to sleep. She was always the best at getting her to sleep. She had a very melodious voice."

Logan looked at Emily, "Did something happen to her? I notice that you speak of her in the past tense."

Allan held Emily's hand as he finished for her. "No, Randa was twelve years older than Cassi. She went to work at a hospital in another part of the state. She was doing really well but the hospital was destroyed a year ago by a radical group."

Logan and Max sat speechless. Logan broke the silence first, "Did you ever find out who was responsible for the attack?"

Allan shook his head. "Unfortunately, no. Emily had a restaurant that was destroyed shortly after that. We have traveled quite a bit over the past year and have lost contact with any connections we had that might be able to find any information. Either way, it won't bring Randa back."

There was a flicker in Logan's eyes but max couldn't be sure exactly what it meant. She decided to keep quiet and let him speak.

"Allan, what is your last name?"

"Graves."

"So, you wouldn't know of a DC10, informant for Eyes Only."

Allan looked quickly at Emily. She sat calmly looking at Logan who smiled back at her. "Go ahead and tell him if I'm safe or not."

Turning to Allan, she said, "Yes, it's okay." Then she quickly turned to Logan, "How did you know to say that?"

"Well," Logan began, "I was once asked by some colleagues to trace information on one Nina Semoneva."

All eyes were on Logan. Max was trying to understand what was going on. Allan and Emily seemed astonished. They had the same though in mind.

"Then that..."
"...would make you..."

"Eyes Only." Logan finished for them. "It's nice to finally meet you. I thought you were both dead." Seeing the confusion on Max's face he said, "Max Guevara, please meet Dr. Gregory Cosgrove and his wife, Amaliya.