Honestly I don't think I would want to go back to working for that selfrighteous prick again after all this is over, even if he would let me.As for my...family, well, I don't know yet. I just hope that they canaccept me who, and what I've become.Anyway, I'm off to go see where the most important relationship in mylife stands. I sure hope it goes well.January 23It's over...I can't believe it! 3 years down the drain!I don't even know how to feel! Should I be thankful? I mean how could Ihave. But I made too many plans with my sisters, and struggled too hard to get everyone’s schedule to come together. The way things are going it could be years before all five of us will be able to get together in one place again. I’m damn well going.The change in our plans required that I repack my suitcases so I can travel with just one suitcase. I’ll take everything I need to get by for a week when Jeff will be able to make it out there with the rest of my things. I don’t like the idea of him. It's what you want. I understand but please, let's stay in touch. Don't go away and never look back, Please?"She was sincere and tearful. Her heart was in this apology, and I didn't have the desire or the heart to rub it in, so I held her and said, "It's Ok. I'm not mad. I don't resent you. I hate him, and that's not going to change. Do not call me someday and say you two worked it out, and I should come home because all is forgiven. It's not. He's never going to hear from me again until I can. This person that you spoke to, did you recognize the voice?’ ‘No, he disguised his voice with a handkerchief.’ ‘The best that I can do is to go and have a chat with our mutual friend Benny. In the mean time you just sit tight and don’t run off half-cocked.’ I rang the cab company and Eddie was around in five minutes. ‘Someone has taken Laura Lee and the only thing that I can think of is to try and trace her movements after she left here. Can you speak to your dispatcher and see if she called.