"Open it when you get home. You can tell mewhat you think tomorrow."***Alex's dad was home that night, but would be away for the next two, soAlex woul...n't be missed. Because of this, Alex could not get changed thatevening, as he usually did.While his father was occupied, he packed clothes for the trip into a holdallthat he could take to work tomorrow."So Alex," asked his father at dinner. "Are you expecting any Valentine'sDay cards from the girls at the store tomorrow?"Alex blushed, and said,. As she thumbed through each picture, her eyes widened more. Abigail wanted to say something to sooth her when the tears started to form in Maria's eyes."Gimel, there must be some mistake. Tell them they are wrong. Gimel, tell me this isn't true." What do you plan to tell them?" Gimel directed the question to Jack, his voice carrying a note of resignation. He completely ignored his wife's plea."Well, I don't really need to say anything, do I? The pictures, the timestamps, they speak volumes.. When I handed her the money for the two money clips, I handed her an extra hundred.“Will you please break this up into smaller bills? Two twenties, four tens, two fives and ten ones.”“Sure, would you like me to put the bills in each of them?”“No thank you, I want to show them how to do that.”I picked up the bags and the loose bills and we walked out to the pickup.When we were seated with the air conditioner running, I handed each of them a leather money clip. I pulled mine out of my pocket and. In an instant, Beccaunderstood. They had come out here so that she couldn’t run away. There wasnowhere to run to in this maze of cornfields. She swallowed the lump in herthroat as she realized the impending reality of what was about to happen. Inher mind, she had rationalized that this was going to happen, but as her sensesdrank in the fact that it was actually happening now, the adrenaline began toflow.Jake got out of the carand placed the keys in his jacket pocket. He walked around the front.