I was embarrassed to say the least and kind of worried she would run and tell her husband, but she gave me an innocent smile and a flirtatious wink, s... I felt better. As the summer wore on, we began to talk, daily, about the beach, the town, my college plans, and so on.One day she slipped into the conversation that her husband would be commuting the rest of the summer back and forth to home, work and beach, but that she got to stay here with the kids and that she wished she had someone to hang. Good luck. Over and out.”I did a touch-and-go scan of the nearest satellite to gauge its effective range and gave my report, “They’re Dynamics model 300s, effective detection range 12,300 meters, effective kill range 11,200 meters.” Mom moved us to within 12,499 meters, and we waited for the appointed time. Mom had plotted our course, and all Mom had to do was hit the ignition, and we would be planet-bound. It shouldn’t take more than 11.2 seconds to get through the killer satellite defense. We had already moved most of her personal things to what we both now called our house.Mr. Horton told me The J.D. Lewis Corporation was the people he had been negotiating with to buy the company. One of JD’s boys will be moving here to run this company for the next two to four years. He really don’t want to buy a house and a lot of furniture. That’s why I though about you and Kathy. I told Mr. Horton I would talk with Kathy and we may need a little time to decide what we are going to do but. The officer looked at the three girls and finally ordered the soldiers to prepare them for the nooses. Three empty metal barrels were placed under the ropes, and each girl was forced to climb on it, with three soldiers placing nooses around their necks.Liudmyla felt the knot tighten, feeling the rope against her skin, her body beginning to tremble in anticipation of imminent death. The soldier who noosed her, touched her Adam's apple and slid his hands down her neck to her chest. Liudmyla.