I'm not sure which happened first, whether I fell asleep on the couch,or the music stopped blaring... But at 4 am, when I restlessly woke up,the music...had stopped.I pondered the events. Everything rang through my head over and over.Especially the "You just don't understand" fiasco. It all seemedsurreal, yet very painful.I dosed back off again.As the sun came up, it shined in through the blinds in the den, acrossthe couch where I laid, and onto my face. As I blinked my eyes and satup, I glanced. As I stepped onto the top rung, Kelly grasped my ankles to keep me from escaping. Meanwhile, George climbed out and stood in front of me, holding my wrists.Releasing my ankles, Kelly jokingly ordered, "Put Steve on the bed so we can torture him."As George pulled me to the bed, I hopped up at his command, "On the bed with you, bad boy."Kelly approached and pushed me flat on my back. Then, climbing up on top of me and pinning me down, she said to George, "See if you can find something to tie him. Betty felt the ruler as it was pulled from her hand and smacked against the side of her head causing her to release her grip on the person lying on her lap.“About fucking time Joey,” the formerly threatened woman yelled regaining her feet, “what were you waiting for?” “Sorry Page,” Joey, the voice Betty recognized from the phone earlier answered, “waited for a chance to catch her off-guard, thought a cow this size might be able to take us both.”Hearing the voice refer to her as a cow, Betty. "She looked down, "five years and I told them during full disclosure."I looked at her before leaning back, "then you are golden."She touched my arm, "thanks."I smiled but did not say anything and fell asleep. Smuggler interdiction teams were not new but all new teams were being sent out while the old teams were brought back. The gossip was they were dirty and the constable commissioner wanted all of them truth scanned. Helio was a large customs station beyond the heliopause.A lot of systems and.