Thermal scopes coming back inconclusive for the number of occupants currently occupying the residence. Thomas would have much preferred to come in aft...r the initial disorientation of a stun grenade detonation. In Kabul, they would have used the grenades before going in anyway. Children or not. But there was a lot of stuff Thomas had done in Afghanistan that he shouldn’t. No time to think of that now as he began clearing rooms with his partner.Voices were raised on the no-knock. Kathy was his main concern at the moment. He glanced at Rosa; saw her biting her lip, trying to remain silent while he explained things to Kathy."I'm trying to put myself in your shoes, baby," he said, "but I really can't. I do understand how you can feel as if we've abandoned you. But that's not true. Not true at all. We love you, and I'm sure Peggy loves you too. "You fought back the only way you thought would matter to us; by hurting us," he took a deep breath and said, "all of us. And by. "Thao Suranaree was a very pious woman," Chanthra told me as we moved back away from the Chedi. "Though she was not consecrated to the Amulets, still it is rumored that they helped her defeat their Lao captors and return many of those abducted to Korat."Later that year after the fighting had moved away from Korat and the Lao were in retreat, she and her husband, the Deputy Governor, started the construction of this Wat. It was an expensive undertaking and required many years to complete," she. That's the way it works." Her mother grinned. "If you don't have a man with you to act as porter, you bring a teenager for the job."Angel rolled her eyes, and schlepped the bags out to the car.When they got home, her father told them that Dr. Baker had called. He wanted to apologize for putting Angel through what Ms. Wilson had done, so he invited her family out to dinner again.After a brief family conference, she decided to accept. She called him back and told him, and they made.