He fought the impulse to simply accept the Lord Admiral's word at this point. "With all due respect, my Lord, that is not quite what I had asked."Vort...s surged forward into the light, his face creased into a scowl. "But that is your answer nonetheless! They allow nothing and no one to leave these ships." He swept the goblet into his hand, but paused short of taking a drink. "And I should go easy on this stuff, as we do not have very much left." I daresay it will join the men's patience, and I. In less than two minutes Rebecca was back in the dream with me. Now we were back to waiting for opportunity to knock. Unfortunately I only had Rebecca back and not Bob. I had wanted to talk to him more about the situation with Angela and how to handle it. Before he could make it back morning came and it was too late. I wasn't too worried, if things continued the way they had been going I would have plenty of time to talk to him before I bridged her again. Sure enough, Monday came and went with. She put her arms around my neck and hugged me so tight. ‘It’s okay Jack, it’s okay,’ she kept saying. ‘Jack, please understand, right then I WANTED to die. I knew what was in store for me, Colonel Shin had already told me everything they were going to do to me. ‘Before the night was over, all six men were going to rape me, and sodomize me, and only then were they really going to start torturing me,’ she said, and now she was crying as well. ‘They were going to cut my nipples off and make me. For a change, he didn’t prattle on about his day at school.Maggie, carrying Junior, rushed over to the house when Kat pulled into the driveway. Tears were running down her face. She was clearly distraught.When Kat had gotten out of the car, Maggie had shouted, “Burl’s been shot.”“I heard,” Kat had said.“He’s in critical condition,” Maggie had said.“Oh my God!” Kat had exclaimed.It was only then when Kat realized she had been crying. At the time, she didn’t understand her reaction to the news..