I then contact thedealer and set an appointment for him to come out and give me anestimate. I accepted his estimate and we set an appointment early t...enext week for his firm to come out and do the job. In between this, Ihad security lights and cameras installed on the perimeter of the houseand property since it was long overdue, I lived in such a rural area. Ithink my nearest neighbor is several hundred yards from me. In betweenall this activity, I had received a dozen or more crank calls,. I believe I will be very late. I have a pizza coming for dinner for you and the kids."I looked at her -- what could I say? Some words came to mind, but I bit my tongue. She pressed her cheek against mine and whispered, "I love you," in my ear.Then she was gone. I never saw the guy. I had an image of a tall black man in my mind, but that was probably just my racist tendencies. I had the kids to take care of. They occupied most of the evening, but still it was a long night. She did not get home. "Better than with your husband?" pushed her son-in-law. "Yes, much better than with your father-in-law. Even when we were young. We never make love now. He spends all his energy on the business." "Then my father-in-law's a fool. You are the sexiest lady in the world and if you were my wife, I would be fucking you all day long…" "Ashley!" mum gasped. "fucking you every morning, noon and night! And you would have to be on the pill or you would forever be pregnant." Ashley continued, slowly. I was under the impression you two were on the run but I’ve got to ask. What did you two do?” he asked, looking directly at Helen.“You weren’t wrong. We are running, but not because we did anything wrong. I maintain that you need to know as little as possible, but,” she trailed off, eyes fixated on the main screen.The massive circle was gathering energy at each of its corners. Energy arched from one pylon to another. In the middle of the circle, a beam of light grew wider, slowly expanding.