Sean asked, "How did the kidnappers contact ya?" They left a note on Joey's pillow. Ya want to see it? I got it here in the store." Albert reached und...r the counter and handed a piece of paper to Sean.The message said, "We want $500 for the child's safe return. Put the money in gold in a carpet bag and leave it by the lone oak tree in the meadow five miles north of Anderson tomorrow night. Don't tell the marshal." I did what they said and Joey was returned the next night."Sean said, "Thank ya,. " No way of keeping them together, then?" Not really, no. They're both underage now so the engagement is off,plus they're both girls."The fleet of ambulances were taking us to an airbase where militarytransports were waiting to ferry us to our designated camps. By thetime we reached the airbase I was fully recovered. The Colonel wasalready there, waiting for me on the runway. I leapt out of theambulance and stormed over to him."Santa's sack," I said, "you had the mindbomb put in Santa's sack.. ”“And that was a mistake,” she whispered. At least the hostility was starting to drain out of her voice, even if the pain wasn’t.“No, it wasn’t. Because a couple of years ago, I was fishing on a pier, and I got on this boat with a girl. And we started rowing away. But it was without you, Lara. Every memory I made with her, it just ... paddled us further from shore. Further from you. And somewhere along the line, I realized we could either go back and pick you up, or you’d end up turning into a. Massaging from the middle of the shoulders, down the spine and back up to the base of her neck. Placing his hands in a "V" shape, he kneaded the shoulder and neck muscles with the fingers and thumbs. The neck muscles were massaged from the bottom to the nape of the neck. Gripping the top of the shoulders near the neck, he slowly and firmly drew his hands outwards to the top of the arms. Repeating the process several times until he felt the muscles relax.Dave remarked "You have such lovely.