Friday afternoons always held an air of expectancy.  The weekend was almost here, plans for the two days had been made, and those who worked in the Imberville branch of 'Countryside Bank' were counting down the last couple of hours until they could lock the door, count the money in the two cashier drawers, lock the safe and then head home.  Christa Donnelly, the branch Manager, had seen the last of her appointments, the time was now 15.06, just under 2 hours until they closed and locked the door.  5pm on Fridays the door was locked until 9am Monday.<br/><br/>Today there was a problem though.  A new alarm system had been installed over the past couple of days, it had gone well until this morning when red lights had flashed when Christa had turned it off.  She had called the alarm company, but they couldn't get anyone out until Monday.  The bank would be unprotected over the weekend.  To make it worse one of the local farmers had came in this morning and deposited almost $200 000.  Christa had tried to get him to take it to Carson City, the nearest large city, but he hadn't wanted too.  So she had no excuse. She had to accept his money.<br/><br/>There was just over 1 million dollars in the vault now.  The security company's truck hadn't made its usual call, it had broken down and the pick up had been rescheduled to today. It was due any time, giving her even more anxiety.  Fridays were usual easy and relaxed but not today.  Christa, the bank's receptionist and Christa's PA, Angelica and Kelly, the cashier, were watching the time.  Christa looked after her girls, they were friends as well as employees.  She was almost like a mother hen to them, she knew they had plans, and usually she let them go early Friday's, but she couldn't today, not until the security company came to take the cash and stock bonds that were in the vault.<br/><br/>"Kelly, can you start closing down my till.  I need to ring the regional head office and find out if they have heard anymore from Safefeel Alarms." She said to the younger woman, "Angelica, can you just contact Monday mornings appointments and rebook them.  If the alarm engineer doesn't come today we'll have to clear Monday morning for him" she knew she would need to be clear to oversee the repairs.<br/><br/>Now it was a matter of waiting, and hoping the alarm engineer would turn up.  Christa knew the policy on this, if the alarm wasn't fixed she would be required to check on the premises every few hours, and inform the Sheriff.  And in a small town like Imberville there was only a handful of officers.  It was going to be an unpleasant weekend if that engineer didnt get to them.  At least for Christa it would.<br/><br/>