That was no accident. You wereplanted in our household." The prisoner protested her innocence, sothe lady directed the soldiers in tying ropes to th... victim's ankles. When the ropes were passed though holes in the posts, the soldierspulled her legs apart and added more to the strain on her shoulders. Totally naked, fully exposed to the gaze of everyone in the householdwho cared to look, the maid should have experienced shame, but thepain of taut muscles and joints almost dislocated drove. "Gimme that!"The girl froze when I yanked at the necklace. It had broken more easilythan I had expected and slithered almost snakelike from her loosened grip.Then, slowly, she faded away. I reached out to where the girl had been andfound nothing but empty air. I was barely able to whisper, "Whathappened?"I looked up at the old man, who was shaking his head and sighing. "Youmade your choice, Jessie. For what it's worth, I wish you well." Wait!" I shouted as the man began fading. "You've got to. Sis did not know it was me and was blushing. Something about her manner made me bolder than I should be, I knew she liked me romantically.I leaned in and gave my sister a gentle, soft kiss on the lips that turned harder. I kissed her as if it was life and death crisis and for me it was. I might never kiss my sister again in my life. Cat returned the kiss and pressed her beautiful full lips to mine. I held the kiss as long as I could and then I reached and hugged her to me and kissed her again.. The time of Monday’s flight was going to depend on the post trip inspection. The mechanics worked on the checklist until dark and were going to require several more hours Monday morning.I was taking Monday and Fridays off from KCC now and should have been taking more. I gave the group of 80 the pep talk and Vicky and I went through the last question and answer session with them. This group would bring four more embassies to full strength.We were on schedule to be in full compliance by Oct 15..