But I can't do this alone Katherine, I need you. I need you now more than ever. If something happens to me, then you will be free of this forever. But...if we find what I hope we will find, then the problem will go away too. All I need from you right now is support. Can I get that from you Katherine?"She didn't answer for a moment, sipping her coffee and averting her eyes from me."I don't know," she said. "I need to be in a better frame of mind before I commit to anything,"That was two days ago.. By the time that happened Kelly and I were in the midst of Tolley Hunter’s book project. She was pushing to write a book calledHold The Line, with a subtitle of The True Story Of The Rescue Of USO Tour 2006-15 or something similar. Even though I knew nothing about writing a book, she found a ghost writer, otherwise known as a ‘ghost’, to ‘co-write’ the book with us. I just remembered a movie from a few years ago called The Ghost Writer where the writer’s name was never given, and he ended up. And then she added to Kathleen, “Be a good girl.”Kathleen watched with dread as Mandy closed the distance between them and then stood in front of her. She reached up and ran a delicate finger along the lower edge of the collar and read aloud. “Kathleen Collins, property of Margaret Mayfield.”“Are you really my sister’s property, Kat?”“Yes, I think so,” Kathleen responded. Then, she wanted to kick herself for the response. This was a chance to slow things down and maybe even stop the insanity.. Then, Pete contacted Samantha one evening by phone and invited her to come and visit him whenever it was possible for her to get away from her family responsibilities. Somehow they managed to concoct a reason for Samantha to come alone to visit her brother, Pete, and one afternoon about a month later, Samantha pulled up in her car in front of the house where Pete lived. Pete had envisioned that moment for a long time and when he heard the door of Sam's car slam shut, he quickly walked to the.