"They were here Sire," the small man said a look of hatred in his eyes. "The one who took them, his power has increased. It is twice as strong as it w...s when I felt him the last time. He is almost as strong as I am!" "For your sake and those of the children I have in the mines, you had better catch them. I know not what it was that he used but I could not break through it. You had best hope that you can or I will work the children 'til they fall. Then I might have the men have a hunt for a few. "It was what Jim was hoping to hear. The band began playing their next number—a slow one. It was a Charlie Rich song:'Cause people like to talkLord, don't they love to talkBut when they turn out the lightsI know she'll be leaving with meAnd when we get behind closed doorsThen she lets her hair hang downAnd she makes me glad that I'm a manOh, no one knows what goes on behind closed doorsThe song ended; it was a good note to end on, considering all that had happened. It was time to go back to the. If I could come inearly, there was an opening at the end of this week. I was thrilled. If Icould get a flat chest this week, then I wouldn't have to go to thereunion as a woman. The price was very reasonable too, I had enough cashI had been saving for some new golf clubs that I didn't even need tofinance it. When I left, I walked out on a cloud. I hurried and did theerrands Dani needed and returned home. She had left me a note that shehad gone to the gym. I was still so thrilled about the. You are sneaking around in shadows so as not to be observed, fortunately your neighborhood has many lush gardens with ample bushes and shrubs and only a few street lights thus enabling you to get from one house to the other without being noticed. As you move from house to house, block to block, you cannot help yourself as you peak through windows to look what the occupants are doing?Albeit that it is late at night, most of the occupants find themselves bored to death and are awake busy with.