Next, she stood near the table with the lamp and turned it up, until it burned with a bright flame. Yanna then paused to take several deep breaths in ... row, holding the last one in, and started to pour a generous amount of the powder into the flame.The flame crackled loudly and briefly surged up and out of the glass container, turning purple. The somnolent mist began to billow from the flame in a rush, like a column of ash from a volcano. Still holding her breath, Yanna fanned the cloud with. Connors office. They didn’t know why Mr. Connors would want to talk to the two of them but they had learned long ago to follow the orders of their superiors and Mr. Connors was Claudia’s boss. When they entered his office he montioned for them to sit down while he finished up on the phone. When Mr. Connors swumg around to talk to the girls he gulped because of the way the girls were sitting. He could see all the way under both of their dresses. Both of the girls wore bikini panties. I know how to unlock the locket, but because I don’t know what’s in the locket, I should leave it alone. Really and truly, the best thing for me to do would be to fly back to Texas and hide the each of them in two different locations.”“If you did that, someone else could eventually find them, bring them together, and unlock the locket.”I nodded. “Okay, I could reset the locket, leave it with mom, and take the key back to the manor to put back in the vault. I would be the only person who knows. I think Sarah has intimidated them. Not one pastor in town has made an effort to contact her or welcome her.” Hilda got her beach bag with a change of clothes and her new bathing suit. They headed for the dock for Hilda’s private yacht trip. Martha had to assure her that there was adequate food on the yacht, that she didn’t have to pack a picnic for Walter and herself. As they arrived at the dock and Hilda saw which boat was Walter’s she thought moving here might have other advantages. Several.