Ann was greeted with the sounds of electronicmachine gun fire and explosions. Tom was distracted. "Good," Ann thoughtand motioned with her head to Al...xis to head straight upstairs. Callingout to Tom she said, "Homework had better be done or I'm going to nukeyour butt young man!" God! It is!" was the yelled reply. Ann walked in to the living room Tomwas laying on the couch, playing some war game."Pause it," she commanded."Awww!" Tommy complained but hit the pause button."Dad and I are going. Melissa smacked his hand as he tried to dip his finger in the cake’s icing. The nook table had been brought into the dining room and festooned with festive multi-colored paper ribbon streamers. It was covered with presents with more presents strewn on the floor under it. Jake followed Melissa into the kitchen and received his first surprise of the evening. It was a double surprise. Standing at the counter fixing a vegetable tray with Gail Martin was Jody Marks.Jody gave Jake a shy smile,. That was as much as they got out of the Mennonites the entire time they worked together.This was the first job I did where people were killed. The Menno Mob didn’t think I knew where their main facility was. They also only had minimum security. Weapons were easy to get. The RCMP station in town had way more weapons than they were supposed to have and they were not as secure as they were supposed to be. They had 20 FN C1A1s alone. Those were the assault weapons that the Canadian military used at. You’re going to marry me. The sooner we get started the better. That means bringing your son and daughter home as soon as possible.’ I don’t recall you asking me to marry you.’ ‘Will you marry me?’ Sorrel stood up. She moved in so that she was standing between his still downward hanging arms. She took her two hands and placed one on each side of his face. She leaned up and kissed him. Then placing her head on his chest, as he wrapped his arms around her, she answered, ‘Yes.’ He took her chin.