I saw them heading for the creek with a pole and a catfish trap a little later.Wednesday morning I was in the kitchen looking for the groceries I had ...n the list. I didn't find the groceries but I did find the list. It had been moved and was on the newspapers lining the cabinet holding the drinking glasses. I was a little miffed. I called Jack and asked if he would go to town and get the stuff I needed. He didn't want to go but I insisted. He finally said he would go if I could go with him.I. Not really a D&C and I supposed that in itself meant nothing, but the pages underneath revealed something more telling. My mom had also had another procedure done shortly before her visit to the clinic; she’d been tested for pregnancy, and as an ‘old time’ exclamation point, the rabbit had indeed died. My mom’s procedure had been an abortion!Now my mom and dad were deeply religious, and I knew they had strong feelings about abortion. They’d been vehemently opposed to such a thing. Why had they. She was proven to have left the country to return to America, but she was never traced beyond Abu Dhabi airport." You had her killed?" Certainly not," the Emir was indignant, "A young white woman is an expensive commodity. I would never waste one. We proved to the American Government that she had left our country and so they stopped looking for her here. I have no idea where she actually went, but she has not been seen for some fifteen years." What if someone tried to come in through the. Inside it was elaborately decorated with sumptuous gilt carvings and silk drapes."So pleased you could come, Mr Lawrence, so pleased you could come," he beamed. "You'll take some tea?" He gestured to a room leading off of the entrance hall."That would be most welcome, your highness," I said glad to be out of the car and into somewhere warm and comfortable. The Kalinin gestured to a couch and I took a seat. He clapped his hands and a girl in harem dress appeared, her face veiled but her body.