Any hospital on Christmas Eve is a strange place. All the patients who could be, were allowed home to be with their families, even for just a day or s..., are. So a good half of the beds are empty. Most of the nurses, doctors and ancillary staff on duty are volunteers. Although the Accident and Emergency had to be kept fully functioning; just about every other department runs on a skeleton staff.Consequently any loose bodies around, can find themselves roped in if things get a little hectic. I'd. ..and your son," Dan continued. In the course of their conversation, Roxanna casually mentioned a discipline problem she was having with her 8-year-old son Bobby. Dan surprised her by telling her that he once had that exact same problem with his 14-year-old adopted daughter Caroline, when she was about that same age that Bobby is now. Dan told Roxanna how he had handled it. “It’s a phase that they outgrow,” Dan reassured her. For the first time, Roxanna relaxed and really felt comfortable. The next day, he came to our house with a bouquet for mom.She introduced him to me. We had dinner together. I decided to give both of them space, so I went into my room. After a few minutes, I noticed there was silence in the house. I got curious as to what happened. I walked towards mom’s room, and I saw they both were sitting on the bed. The door was partly closed.He was caressing mom’s hair, and there was a silence in the room. Mom was feeling nervous as I could see that she wanted it too.. And after years of searching, I realized, I was soon to finally meet one of these kidnapped little girls. Mica had completed her preadolescent slave training in the Nursery shortly before her eighth birthday and had therefore been in service in the Compound for almost two and one-half years. According to her file, after she had been surgically sterilized the child had had to visit the infirmary but twice other than for her periodic routine examinations: Once, to have a problem milk tooth.