‘Mrs. Paulson . . . Ninth grade English.’ ‘Come on . . . she’s right down the hall from me.’ Waving at someone in the principal’s office, ...nn Marie called out, ‘Sally, I’m taking him with me. Who has the keys to Brenda’s room?’ ‘Terry should have unlocked it first thing this morning,’ the other woman said, walking out to apologetically greet Jacob. ‘Sorry to be so rushed, but there’s been a little bit of excitement here this morning.’ He followed Ann Marie out of the office. The first thing he. " Rick answered."Well I guess we better get out of the way then" I replied.We went for lunch on the way back to the office and Rick explained that we would be building three camps just like that one for the different areas we were presently working in. They had already started to build the second one and it would be up and running by mid January, the third camp would be ready for the end January. Shannon told me that they had recruited half of the cooking and maintenance staff from the wives of. The cops will be here any time now.”I released the intercom button, thinking, when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away.I hit the Bluetooth button. “I’m back. My girlfriend is locked in the master bathroom. If one of your people could call her on her cell, that would be good.” I gave the dispatcher Vicky’s number.“I’ll have somebody make the call,” she said.There was a series of tortured metallic screeches as the invaders pried the steel pool door away from its frame. All the glass. The front door is opened as I catch myself onthe counter. Oof! I'm winded."Pizza delivah..." the man at the door says his routine but stops short."Hi little girl." Hi mister," she greets him back. "Can I have the pizza?" No no. Little Miss," he says to her. "You're not old enough."I listen to then chatter back and forth. He's a bit urgent with his partof the dialogue and I can tell that Jenny's unaware. I get my wind backand contemplate my options. I cannot get to my room without going intothe.