I never told you because I did not want to interfere with your attempt to find your own boundaries. If you knew that I was worried, then you would hav... curtailed your activities out of concern for me. You needed to find your own limits in order to reestablish yourself as an independent, functioning person. And we both needed to know if Gary's treatments were effective in helping you to establish those limits."Stepping forward to wrap her arms around his middle, Kari leaned her head on his. ” She hissed, answering his questioning eyes more than his demand for accuracy. She had left the office, bent on finding the people responsible for this raid. They knew what she would and wouldn’t do, or else they wouldn’t have threatened her. She only took hits that were necessary. She laughed to herself in the shadows… Necessary, hell, you’ve never had to kill anyone out of necessity in your life, she told herself. Most of her hits were men, only a few women, no children. They were threats to. " At that, the girls all laughed, except Lydia who had no idea she was the center of a struggle, which brought even more laughter.In short, the supper was a success and enjoyed by all, even Mrs. Bennett once she let Lydia be the charming sprite she was.After supper, we retired to the drawing room. Two of the servants were passable fiddlers and they were brought in with their instruments. They began with a popular minuet, the newest fad in dancing. I took Jane's hand and Mr. Bennett took his. During the ride back I called Mr. Simon and told him what we were doing. Mr. Simon tried to call Pop and confirmed with the telephone company that Pop's phone was in good working order then called us back. Virginia and I headed for my old home thinking that if Pop were at his place he would have answered even if he was being held there.We stopped just below the crest of the ridgeline then walked the rest of the way up to look at my old home. Smoke was coming out of the chimney so I knew someone.