"Hi Mom." Shut up and listen closely," a male voice said. Jake Wallace's voice. My breath caught in my throat."I hope you found the gold on that ship ...ecause I have your mother. I'll exchange her for it." Don't hurt her," I said, my voice choked out of my suddenly tight throat. Ty and Damien glanced at one another. "I don't have any control over what they do."Jake laughed without much humor. "I think you do and you better use all your wiles to convince them." What's going on?" Ty demanded. The fourth wall had another trough. This was filled with glowing molten stone that flowed slowly like oil from a small hole in the wall and out another similar hole at the other end.Close to the river of liquid fire, was a long, wide table, with mithril rings attached around its edges, like those on the wall over the grill. It was to this table that Anton led his party of volunteers."Alright now," he said, "Except for Issibel and you, Mother, since you have had your cleansings already, I need. “I guess I could flirt a little bit.”“Good girl. Now let’s start by taking that vest top off.”“What?!?! But then I’d just be in my bra!!”“And? So will I. Come on, it’ll be fun to see the reaction of James and the others.”Erin looked at Eve as she stood there in her black sports bra and leggings. A moment later she stripped her vest top off to reveal her own burgundy coloured bra. The two of them left the changing room and headed to the class studio.Forty minutes later and they were nearing the. With Sammi by my side, I can do anything -- I just want her alongside me when I do it.Sammi went to college for a year, then decided to come home and help Mom and Dad in the tax business they'd started, Sammi having proved herself by bringing in some new regular clients, as well as being very smart regarding tax law herself. Mom and Dad certainly could've done it without her, but they welcomed her back with love and compassion, realizing that maybe college isn't for everyone.In Hawaii, we had.