Lisa stopped and slowly tried the doorknob. She entered the room on tiptoe, motioning Billy to follow. He saw that it was a dressing room they had ent...red and he saw a heavy curtain that concealed the bedroom beyond. They could hear voices coming from beyond the curtain.Billy was almost holding his breath with excitement and vague fear. Lisa was going to spy on his mother and Ray! She moved softly toward the curtain and parted it a bit. Then she got down on the floor, motioning him to do. I stood up and gave him a proper goodbye kiss.“Behave,” he said, and left.When he was gone, I thought, “What did he mean by that?”I picked up a book to read but got fidgety and put it down. Unable to think of anything else to do, I texted Caitlin."Hey, want to go to the village to get a late lunch/early dinner?"Ten minutes later she texted back."YESSSSS!!! Meet you at Wash Sq at 2."I looked at the clock. Nearly 1 p.m.. I futzed around for another half hour, then headed out the door.I got to the. Then I heard those fateful words. Mom said, "Sonoma County needs a Graton Squadron wake up." Both planes throttled up. Then mom and dad hit their afterburners. I could hear Sushi screaming. I was happily doing the same thing. We were at 5000 feet doing mach 1.2 in three minutes. We were headed east over the Sierras.The com radio came alive. It was Tom Savage, "Thanks for the heads up. All Graton is bright eyed. Have a good flight. How about we all go to lunch at Little River?"Dad asked us.We. There must be someone else with her.”“Put on a wire and give me the frequency, Deb. I’ll let you take point so we don’t spook her but I’ll be right behind you. It’s time to close this down once and for all.”That was comforting. I opened the vault and grabbed one of the little transmitters Dag had collected. I need to replenish the stock of electronics. I’m going through things kind of fast.I looked at Maizie and she barked. Yeah. This time I’m taking reinforcements in with me.“Let’s go.