His ghostly spirit departed, returning to his body which was lying on the sofa in the family room downstairs.Zoe comforted Alison, continuing to quest...on her softly as to how her little body seemed to have been so harshly treated. She thought that Alison appeared nervous and evasive and she certainly did not believe the explanation she was giving."Um, I guess I was really excited about you coming over tonight," she said. "I'm sorry but I have been thinking this way for some time now, thinking. I've been getting into a lot of trouble at school. I got caught smoking on school property and have been suspended a few times for doing that. My mom and dad were not happy. My friends and I are just your average kids. We like to drink, but we are not of legal age. So we need to do this and try not to get caught. When we do drink, we act really stupid, but we are just kids. My mother, for the most part likes my friends. When we get together, we might do things that our parents would never. Jake squinted and said, “Who are you?”Nurse Sara Douglas’ face fell into a sorrowful mask. Please, lord, not again she silently prayed.Then the heavily bandaged figure smiled at her, “Gotcha,” he said.Sara let out a whoop, “I’ll get you for that, Mr. Smarty Pants.”Before Jake could answer her, Melissa burst through the door. When she saw Jake was awake, she ran to the bed, grabbed his good hand, and started crying.“Hello, Muffin,” Jake said, “how long have I been out?”Melissa sniffled and said,. What happened with Lorelei and the girls she found, was only the tip of the iceberg. So much was swept under the rug by the good old boys network that really it was just criminal. No matter what the campus police wanted to do, they were hampered bu those who didn’t want the publicity. What I want to ask, is could you possibly come to Austin at your convenience and give us some assistance in the investigation that is going on?. Hopefully it would just be for a few days, I don’t want to take up.