Belle gave up trying to relate to the nanos for now, instead deciding to check out the International Sales Department.  Every country had its own laws, and it was imperative that they always stay up with the latest bills being presented.  She spoke to the Vice President, then mingled with the salespeople, most of them friends.  She was happy to see that research had already been done for the Spanish acquisition and the paperwork he would be signing had all the proper legal jargon to keep it binding.  She stuck her hand in her pocket and fingered the PDA.  Why hadn't her father called her yet?  She looked at a few annual reports, expense accounts and profit and loss statements, then gave up.  She would just have to go to her father's office and see what was keeping him.  Surely, his meeting with the Ambassador would not take this long.  She got on the elevator and hit the button marked "Penthouse."  Her father's office, which included the broad lobby where his secretary sat, was the only office on this floor, the elevator opening directly into the lobby.<br/><br/>When the doors opened, she stepped out and spoke to the secretary.  "Alice, is my father alone?"<br/><br/>