The finale was a loud and sparkling image of my mom's face that turned into mine. I wanted to run and hide from embarrassment, but Suzi remarked it wa... a rather sweet thing for my father to do, and nobody seemed to think there had been anything wrong with it.After saying good night and goodbye to my mom, I made my way back to my cabin with my thoughts centered on how wrong I had been to worry about their visit. Laying down in my bunk, I reached out to say good night to any of my friends who. We can’t show weakness whatever they will dish out.” Gillyn commented. “That goes for all of us, not just the women. Even if they assume we women are the easy targets for their terror games, the men will be affected too. You are not much older than Athea; do you have the self-control you demand of your sister?”Roban smiled at her. “You are a very smart woman Gillyn. The Canbierra are lucky to have you as their leader. It’s the second reason why I didn’t want my sister to come with us. She will. There was further evidence, though the details were not given to us, that as many as a dozen children never lived to be sold, their remains dumped overboard. International investigations were sure to go on for years to come.Only nine out of the more than seventy slavers survived the early morning raid by US Navy Seals and US Army Special Operators, and those nine were being brought to Gitmo for interrogation and trial.Jake went back to the Texas Hill Country, or wherever he hangs his hat these. “You know if some of your fantasies are as good as reality.”I nodded and swallowed hard. “You don’t think it’s wrong?”“No,” she said gently and put her hand on my thigh. “I think you’re lucky. And your mom is very lucky.”I could only nod, deep in thought, trying to wrap my mind around the implications of what she’d just told me.“You’ve got to promise me something, Paul,” she said, taking my right hand between both of her own and waiting until I looked at her. She held my eyes with hers. “You’ve.