"Well Katie called me to tell me. I racedup here as fast as I could and found everyone sitting in the waitingroom. Well everyone but Jenny was sittin.... Jenny looked like afootball coach storming the sidelines." Marty nodded his head inagreement, which earned him a slap on the arm from Jenny. For my partI was still trying to catch up with the roll call of visitors lastnight."Katie and Danny were here too? They are supposed to be up north. Idon't want them to be the reason for them missing. ‘I must eat,’ she protested, trying once again to get to her feet, but his arm was now around her waist and she could not move. ‘For the child’s sake, I have to eat.’ He nodded, ‘Yes, you shall eat and bathe and rest. I, myself, have not eaten this day since dawn…’ ‘Do they starve you too?’ Her question was almost rhetorical, words strung together in an effort to beat down her rising panic. Since she heard her name, memories had been throwing themselves at her mind. She saw herself being. I was aware of the strife going on between Sandy and my folks. It got so bad that Sandy decided to run away from home. Luckily she showed up at my door one day with her suitcase and her teddy bear. I know, what is a sixteen year old girl doing with a teddy bear? You would have to know Sandy to understand. I gave her that bear when she was seven years old and she adamantly protected and loved that bear more than anything else. That was the bear that her brother gave her and she idolized me as if. He just hoped Matt would like to have a little fun without Charlene first. David parked his car and proceeded into the hotel bar. He sat down and waited for Matt to arrive. He ordered a beer and watched a baseball game that was on the television. David looked at his cell phone and noticed that Matt texted him. Matt said he was on his way down into the bar. Matt had told David earlier that he would get the hotel room for them. David was excited and waited as patiently as he could. A nicely.