She still looked miserable, hopefully just not as bad as before.It was around the time that we would have stopped for an afternoon snack and a stretch...when the tree in front of us ignited. It was still pouring rain so the fire was quickly doused. I hadn't heard or seen any lightning so I stopped us around fifty yards in front of it.A shapeless form streaked across the road trying to get away from the burning tree. I urged us on; I was curious what could have caused that to happen. There was a. Love Katie."While we were waiting for the ad to come out, we had sent the pictures that I had taken to a photo lab and had 5x7 copies made. She included a picture in each letter that she sent out. She saved Bill's letter until last."Dear Bill, Thanks for answering our ad. From your picture and letter we are very interested. The only stipulation that we have is that we are going to do this as a couple. There will be no private meetings with me only. I have enclosed a larger version of the. "Seeker," Gabir said quietly, his voice troubled. "Is something happening to you?" What do you mean?" Cody asked, refusing to meet Gabir's eyes."Manuel said that you have the sight," Gabir answered slowly. "He said that you can tell truth from lies. What you did at the road block was much more than discerning the truth. You discovered truth in Mahdi's lies." Gabir took a deep breath, and let it out slowly before continuing with, "I have never seen, or even heard, of what you did when we arrived. I didn’t hear you come down.’ Marion sat on the bench and rested her hand on her Dad’s shoulder, ‘Don’t fool around. Sorrel’s in trouble and you’re scared.’ He looked at his fourteen year old girl. ‘Where did she get all this maturity? One day she was a little kid, and now she’s a woman.’ He answered, ‘Remember when we said we were going to punish her? Well Mildred and my brother went ahead and put the plan in motion. They didn’t know we’d figured out the truth.’ Marion got off the bench and.