Stephen looked at her. "Screw it. Let's takethe hire car and get out of here." Really?" Stephen asked unsure."Yep," Emily replied firmly. She then loo...ed at him. "But first, let'sget you out of that ridiculous clothing." She took his hand and led himupstairs.Emily quickly ran up the stairs with Stephen in tow. She went into theirbedroom and opened their wardrobe only to find..."I'm sorry," Stephen sobbed. "I forgot. Richard and I threw everythingout."Natalie sighed."We'll have to go as we are. They would not even get outside. Amy told the boys to go change and meet her in the field. The boys had other plans.Amy waited outside for ten minutes in the blistering sun. It must have been 100 degrees that day. She started to glisten with sweat. Not seeing anyone come outside she went in looking for them.She knocked at the door to the change room. There was complete silence. When she propped open the door, it was yanked open. A hand grabbed her right arm and pulled her inside. The. ThenMiranda?s voice comes from the dummy, though since Sterling ain?tholding her, the mouth don?t move. ??Now, Jimmie, I want you to order Sterling onto the bed, and I want you to givehim thirty lashes?No, give him more. On top of our fee, I?ll give you twentydollars for every stroke you land on Sterling?go to it!? So I grinand point to the bed, and Sterling begins crying, and the old guy lays on the bed, and I begin thrashing his skinny littleass. WHACK!WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! As I hit. We could tell, now that the adrenaline had worn off, Bob was nearly in tears.Bob was just looking at us. “I don’t think I would’ve made it tonight if it wasn’t for you guys. I felt so alone and lost, I might have done something incredibly stupid. Jamie tried to snap me out of my funk of blaming myself for that guy getting shot, then Charlie just told me what to do ... When I saw all of you piling out of the car it felt like the cavalry had arrived. I love all of you.”“We love you too Bob..