Bart Hardy’s Office, Big Texas Oil Main Headquarters, Gonzales County, Texas:
“I got mail for you, Valeria.” Julie picks up the letters addressed to Valeria and her father.

“Put them in the inbox, Julie.” Valeria looks at Bart’s oldest daughter.

Bart got Julie a job down in the mailroom so she would know what it was like to work for him. She and the rest of the department heads were told by Bart that Julie was not to receive any special treatment. He wanted his daughter to be treated like any other employee.

Julie puts everything she had in the inbox on Valeria’s desk. She picks up any outgoing mail Valeria had to take back down to the mailroom. She looks at Valeria “is my father in?”

A smile appears on Valeria’s face “yes, your father is in and you can go and see him.”

“Thanks, Valeria. Is it okay that I leave my mail cart here?” Julie was told never to leave her cart unattended.

“I’ll keep an eye on it for you. Just don’t be too long.” Valeria didn’t mind watching her cart for her.

“Thanks, Valeria.” Julie goes up to her father’s office door and knocks on it before going in.

“Enter.” Bart heard someone knocking on his office door.

Julie opens the door and walks into her father’s office. A smile appears on her face as she looks at her adopted father “hi, daddy.” Julie walks over and hugs her father.

A smile appears on Bart’s face when his oldest comes walking into his office. The reports he was getting from her supervisor were good. He could tell if they were lying to him about his daughter.

“What are you up to, sweet pea?” Bart knew Julie should be making her mail rounds, right now.

“Just stopping in to say hi, daddy.” Julie knew her father expected her to do a good job.

Bart just shakes his head at his daughter. He noticed that Julie’s British accent was slowly fading from her speech pattern.

“What time is your lunch?” Bart was thinking about taking his daughter out for lunch.

“At two pm.” Julie had the late lunch shift.

“Alright, I’ll meet you at the main entrance. We’ll go to Dominic’s and get lunch.”

“Sounds good to me, daddy.” Julie places a kiss on her father’s cheek and heads back to work.

Bart watches as his daughter walks out of his office. He and Caroline never regretted adopting Julie and her younger sister Laila. Even with Laila being a type one diabetic. Caroline always monitored Laila’s sugar level and made sure she was always safe.

Bart decides to go back to work. He knew what had happened to Julia. He knew Jack and his family were handling the problem. He was also informed by Dakota of the changes that had happened to her. That a new drug out on the streets could turn any male into a fully functional female. The drug itself came in two different forms. The first was a purplish-blue liquid that could be injected into a person's body. The second form was a solid-looking blue pill that was made up of the same substance. However, it took more than one pill to have any effect on a person.

Dakota informed him that Terry’s employee Rebecca had taken several pills and was turned into a young teenager. Rebecca was now their adopted daughter. Which meant, she was his niece now.

Felica’s Office, Vertu Technologies, Dallas, Texas:
Felica looks at the pictures she had of Bart Hardy’s daughter on her computer screen. She was comparing them to the pictures she took of the two girls that were identical twins of Mr. Hardy’s daughters. She had gone back to her office after all dealing with the gang that was kidnapping homeless boys and men off the streets and turning them into young girls and women.

She asked Captain Wayne from Black Angel Protections to keep the two girls separate from everyone else. She wanted to speak with Mr. Hardy to find out what he wanted to do. The girls that looked like Mr. Hardy’s daughters said they didn’t know why they had been changed to look like Mr. Hardy’s daughters. She glances over towards the sofa in her office and noticed Erin and Billy were sound asleep on it.

She looks up Big Texas Oil's corporate phone number and dials it. She was still puzzled how a blacklisted CIA agent managed to acquire a US Marshal badge and had connections with British Secret Service. Her mother’s people had tried to find out more, but a lot of Mr. Hardy’s personnel file and records were blacked out.

“Which, sometimes means the person is a kite for the CIA or they were involved with something that dealt with National Security.”

Big Texas Oil Main Headquarters, Gonzales County, Texas:
Clair was looking at the clock and couldn’t wait for six o’clock to arrive. She was ready to head home. As she starts organizing the mail that Julie Hardy dropped off to her. Her phone starts to ring. She presses accept “Big Texas Oil, how can I direct your call?”

“I would like to speak to Mr. Bart Hardy, please. This is Felica Harding with Vertu Technologies.” Felica brings up an email that someone sent her on her computer.

“One moment, please. Please hold.” Clair puts Mrs. Harding on hold, while she transfers the call to Valeria.

Bart’s Office:
Valeria hears her phone ring. She stops what she was doing and answer it.

“Hello, Mr. Hardy’s office. How can I help you?” Valeria saw the number identification on her caller id.

“Hi, my name is Felica Harding with Vertu Technologies and I would like to speak with Mr. Hardy, please.”

“What is this about, Mrs. Harding?” Valeria googles Vertu Technologies to see if the company existed and who the owner or CEO of it was.

She goes to the company website and learned that the CEO of Vertu Technologies was Mark Seidenberg. The Owner of the company was Felica Harding and that she owned several other companies as well.

“It concerns his daughter's ma’am. I can’t go into detail without speaking to Mr. Hardy first.”

“One moment, ma’am.” Valeria puts Mrs. Harding on hold.

She switches over to Bart's extension. She knew he wouldn’t mind her interrupting him.

“Mr. Hardy, I have a Felica Harding on Line 4 that says she needs to speak to you about your daughters.”

“Did Mrs. Harding say why she needs to talk with me?” Bart had a puzzled look on his face.

“Yes sir. She said it concerns your daughters but didn’t give any explanation.”

Bart brings up the location of his two daughters and his wife. He saw that Laila was with her mother and that Julie was still here in the building.

“Put her through, Valeria.” Bart was puzzled about who this Felica Harding was and what could she know about his daughters.

“Yes sir.” Valeria transfer the line Mrs. Harding was holding on to Bart’s extension.

Bart saw his phone start ringing. He picks the receiver up “hello, Mrs. Harding, this is Bart Hardy. What can I do for you?”