I left my room and walked into the living room. “Jerry can you do me a favor?” “Sure, what is it?” I handed him the $300 and said. “Take thi... and leave the apartment until dawn. Don’t ask any questions. Just go, I will explain latter.” Jerry gave me an odd look as he put a shirt on and grabbed his car keys. He opened the front door and stopped. Jerry looked at me and said. ”You will send a message to me through the bl**d link if you are in trouble right?” “Yes, you know I would.” Jerry smiled. "Then a couple of days after I returned home, there was a knock at mydoor. I didn't answer -- whoever it was, I didn't feel like talkingto them. But then someone called out, 'Mr. Derby, we know you're inthere. And we know what happened to you. We can help.'"So I opened it up, and there were a man and woman in suits, lookinggrave and sympathetic. They told me I wasn't the only person thosealiens had abducted. They'd set me up with a new identity if I'd lettheir doctor examine me, and. I have had very little contact with Marie since she left. She has told me she doesn’t want to hurt me anymore. As the summer wore on I had become tolerant of my situation. I was alone but adjusting. Marie had started the divorce proceedings in May. I was stunned at our imminent demise. I never dreamed this could happen to us. I love her so much. I always tried to please her. I had always believed that I satisfied her sexual needs. She has never given any reason for leaving other than she fell. “Eat shit.”“I’m not leaving until you help me.” I sat in the chair.She stayed poised to throw; her arm frozen behind her head, her elbow cocked. Then, she lowered the weapon. She walked across the room, and sat in the chair opposite me. She studied me for a long time, then growled, “Well? Fucking talk!”LEVERIA Soraya hadn’t left my side the whole day. She’d held my hand throughout every torture we endured. At times, she was my only lifeline to sanity, for I might’ve been consumed in the agony.