“Martin, you said I would come crawling when I needed a favor. Well here it is. There is a family in Atlanta Georgia, a woman and her two kids. I ne...d for you to pick them up in the middle of the night and make them disappear. We are going to name the operation ‘Sanctuary’. We need to set them up somewhere in Mississippi, in a rural area with a rental house or mobile home. We need to do it quick. They also need completely new identity papers,” I explained.“Don’t tell me, or anyone else where. "See? You can behave."I bite back my retort of the various things I would like to cut off of him. He runs the blade down to my shoulder making me shiver. With a jerk he cuts one of the straps to my shirt. I look at Victor. "Stop this...please." I beg. He just smiles and Gage cuts the other strap. Thankfully my arms keep my shirt from falling. "What now? Just go away and leave me alone!" I try to break Gage's hold, but he's strong even while intoxicated."Here," Gage offers the knife to Victor.. ’ ‘Well she is covered by my insurance,’ Alicia teased. I could see she must like the woman and I was very relieved someone was talking to her about her situation. ‘I have a talk scheduled with Alicia right now, which explains why Janice isn’t hovering about. But I’d like you to stay for a few minutes.’ ‘Okay, cool. Then I’ll go get something to eat.’ I said, rubbing my abdomen. I was starving. ‘Ray, thank you for the beautiful flowers,’ Alicia said in a softer voice that made me wish I had. She had fallen in love with her boss, a much older woman. They started their affair when Hazel was sixteen years old, and her lover was forty. It was close to two years before the outside world would discover their secret. Winchester was a small town, with black and white values. People didn't talk about Miss Anna's reported lifestyle. She kept her business to herself. If they learned Miss Anna was carrying on with her young assistant, it would set off a firestorm of talk that would go on for.