There's no obvious reason for your 'mobile to be armored and your driver armed, even with a stunner. I think you need to talk straight with me, or tak... me back to Yonkers.'Terry's face betrayed his surprise. He began to respond, then sat back in his chair, looking at Pru with a level, considering gaze. A little nonplussed, Pru busied herself pouring a glass of water she didn't really want and sipping at it. She watched when Terry lifted his hand in a gesture that said 'I've made up my mind;. You and Barb have been there for my kids, after Mary's death, and we'll be there for your family."I was crying. I couldn't help it. Bill has been my best friend for as long as I could remember. We married twin sisters, for God's sake. Now his life was going to end, probably within six months. I promised him that I would be there to see him every time I was home. I did my best to keep that promise.Our baby was born. She was a beautiful little girl with dark curly hair. Both Sheila and Barb came. " 'Spook knows, '" she echoed. "'The Shadow knows.' God, what a silly name. Why'd you come up with that?"I laughed. "He spooked me when he first showed up. I didn't believe it either, not for a long while, at first I thought it was just a hacker. But it isn't, it can't be, nobody can hack the whole world." And I went on to tell her all the things Spook had done for me, including my new name. I pulled out my license to show her.She shook her head. "You're not even you any more. Well, Jackson, I. ." Then she glared at me, "for a small price. And you deserve it. You kept me from having my baby... so now you'll get the punishment you always deserved." Then without warning, Lynn turned me over and smacked me across my naked butt, slapping me again... then again. I screamed out from the pain, begging and pleading, to no good. Lynn was taking out all of her frustrations on me and I was helpless to resist. "Please..." I cried out, tears pouring down my cheeks. However she spanked me again and.