“I’d like to stay and help, but I’m a boarder at Flor. Even though they don’t want me around most of the year, my parents require my presence ...uring Christmas.” Jeanie hugged her classmate.“At least you have parents,” she sighed.“I didn’t mean to sound ungrateful,” Rebecca said. “There’s no place I’d rather be than here with you all.”“Let’s make a pact,” Shannon said. “If there is a child in the woods, we will find and rescue him or her. We won’t quit until we know they’re all safe.”“Yeah.”“I’m. However, there was always that possibility, and I had also studied the final straight.Because the jumping had taken more time than actually planned, I really didn’t have much time to feel sorry for myself. Those few interruptions had cut down the time even more. Soon I was there on the line, waiting for my turn. Once I was on my way I just concentrated on my own skiing, keeping my technique solid and passing as many skiers in front of me as effortlessly as possible.The snowing had continued. ”“I know Jeff, I sold him his condo. How do you know Jeff?”“Oh, I met him at the Red Slipper.”Jeff could see that Lynn was definitely a little shaken up by this encounter. He would guess that she was wondering if he had bedded her daughter. He was sort of proud of himself that he had done the dirty with the daughter and then the mother.He stood and said it was nice seeing them but he needed to be going in that he had an appointment to meet someone. He wished them a good day and was chuckling to. Three men got out of the Suburban and entered the house. I observed, "This is bigger than anyone suspected I think. We need the Fibis in on this, and maybe the DEA. I think the FBI should be involved right away but we can wait on the DEA."Lisa said, "How come no one has picked up on the scope of what was going on with these people before now?" Who knows, Lisa? They look like a legit organization and they put food on aircraft destined for several places. I wonder if the guys working the kitchen.