Thank you, Pat; but why?”“I know you can do the job well and I like to help the families of our troops when I can. Mum and I will look forward to ...eeing you when you move in. If you need any help to move anything or need some more furniture or gear let us know and we’ll see what we can do. OK?”“Yes, thanks, Pat.”After a little more talking they hang up. A bit more paperwork to do then the Lewis contingent heads home to pack what little they have left while Joan thinks on her talk with Paula the. He raised his arms above his head and wriggled, and bit by bit he worked himself into the stinking hole. The smell was overpowering as he continued slipping downward. He fought back the urge to gag and kept on wriggling until his shoulders were below the edge. He was now at the point of no return. If he got stuck he would be unable to pull himself back up with his arms stuck above his head. He slipped further in, and the tightness of the stinking hole caused panic to tighten across his chest. It was one way she kept her mature body in such amazing shape. Holly excitedly got on her phone and made a quick call. "Hello. Mommy will be back in about an hour. Come over if you want to play," Holly said into the phone then hung up to get ready. Right on time, Mommy entered the front door, exhausted from her run. Holly was nowhere to be found. She assumed Holly was out and went upstairs to take a shower. The cool water felt wonderful on her warm skin. Thoughts of the previous day crept into. "If we do not find him, the consequences will be on your head." Gauss continued to stare at her for a moment more, perhaps waiting for a reply. When Kat said nothing, refusing to react to the implied threat, he nodded, a single, decisive movement."Strip her, bind her, and take her to my shuttle."Kat tensed, her mind flashing through possibilities. She briefly considered burying one of her concealed knives in Gauss's throat and use the other to try and escape. It would be easy to do, he was.