”“We feared that a second attempt would be made on his life if the kidnappers knew he was still alive, and if conscious, may be able to identify t...em.”“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Lieutenant Matthews and the Tactical Response Teams for their professionalism and the successful release of the four missing women. Despite the destruction of the building from the two blasts, only one Officer received an injury requiring hospitalization. Several other members sustained minor. Weird... Spooky... Why would they do such a thing?"Jim frowned. "I don't think there could be a good reason, and yet... here is the road. It's so strange. And the sound-barriers..."Cindy looked out the windows. "Huh? What about them?"Jim felt a pang of unfocused fear, and his voice broke into a whisper. "Why would anyone ever build sound barriers for corn fields?"Cindy shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Who cares? Maybe it's a Nebraska State requirement or something. Do they bother you?"Jim. Yank and Ms. Taylor entered the office.The Principal introduced himself and Ms. Taylor to my mother and me. I shook his hand and received a firm one back from him. Ms. Taylor didn't offer her hand to me."Rene tells me that you've been a disruptive influence in her class for a number of weeks," Mr. Yank said, getting straight to the point. "She says that she put you on detention last week and you resisted immediately to the point of having another teacher berate her in front of her students.. My body burned under his gaze. He entered the apartment and took me in his arms, our lips met almost immediately in a ravenous hunger and our tongues wrestled one another in the delicious space created by our joined mouths. Wordlessly, his eyes blazing into mine, he guided me backwards into the bedroom, reaching into my shirt and sliding if off gently as he kissed me with a torrid appetite. Standing at the foot of the bed, I felt his hand slide slyly down into my panties. My back arched and.