When they saw what was happening, the villagers had time for only the briefest of tearful farewells. Token resistance was met with slaps and punches. ...ne 14-year-old boy was angered by the cries of his invalid father, as the soldiers did not attend to his comfort at all when carrying him to the truck. The boy screamed while punching a soldier. Two bullets to the chest silenced him.Some soldiers made lists of the remaining females and young boys, though it wasn’t clear how useful those scribbled. The first time I met your granddaughter, I thought her to be a sweet innocent child." "And you have revised your opinion?" "Yes, I most certainly have. Yesterday, I learned that she knows this business as well as, or better than, anybody that works on that mountain with me does. But, I also learned that she is cold, rude, and ruthless. But that was no excuse for my behavior. I'm sorry." "Would you like to hear her evaluation of you?" "Oh, I can hardly wait." Grandma smiled. She opened up her. Nor her Polly Harveys.’ ‘What’s it like talking to her?’ wondered Cath, afraid that her interest might betray her own true feelings for Jayne. ‘You’n’her were real close. A real item. You’d been living together for years!’ ‘Well, she gets real blubbery on the phone. Still cries and everything. Like a fucking baby. She’s a fucking embarrassment. I don’t regret ditching her at all. And it’s great having the flat to myself again. I can invite back whoever I like. Y’ought to put your money where. You haven’t told Anna and her grandparents the truth.”I looked at her with horror. “Laura, you can’t be serious! I already plan on telling them much of it, but I can’t tell them everything, especially the part about being from the future. They’ll think I’m insane, mentally unstable, bat shit crazy! I’ll lose them if I tell them everything. Then where will I be?”“That is a possibility, Paul. A very remote possibility. Love without trust, though, is a losing proposition, Paul. It’s not love at.