Happy birthday, Sweetheart, may all your dreams come true." As if on cue the lights dimmed and slowly switched back and forth to the normal level. "He...e we go." The hubbub of the crowd tailed off but excitement seemed to crackle in the air as patrons coalesced at the colored, leather covered doors. The theaters consumed their audiences slowly but steadily. We had started at the buffet area furthest from our theater's entrance. By the time we got there we were nearly the last to enter. Only late. ”“Thanks James, that means a lot to me. How are you enjoying your life in the big city?”“I love it. You and Danny must come over one week-end.”Shaz sort of looked at me apologetically,“James; Me and Danny, we’re not getting on too well; ... actually I’ve come into town for a week-end break ... andI was hoping you could put me up for the night?”I took her hand saying gently, “ Well I’m just pleased you’ve come to me in a time of need Shaz.”“Oh James, what would I do without you?”The waiter. She was in constant fear of doing anything. She couldn't report it to you or anyone. She couldn't have friends, couldn't go to sleepovers, or even go anywhere with a friend. She was virtually in a prison."Miss Jasmine said, "Yes and when Dr Arnold described her injuries to me I was thoroughly disgusted. It is a shame we did not learn of this sooner. But then no one had any way of knowing. I suppose it is a classic case of someone slipping through the cracks. It is a credit to Abby for being. If we were to come up with a system that others could see, we could begin to really grow. But what was this about something happening years ago?”“It is about two young boys that passed through here around that time,” I replied, picking my words carefully. “They stopped in for the night, after trading with the leather worker and spent the night at the inn. The next day, they headed north to Revtan, and, about three weeks later, they were attacked in the woods.”I watched his face as I said it,.