"She nodded, a little confused at his groan but not wanting to poke the bear."You ever done admin work before?" he asked, and she nodded."I worked at ... construction firm every Friday for a year, doing their finances." Then you should be well acquainted with the technology." He smiled again. "Don't worry, you won't be hurt, and I think you'll fit right in here." You have many kidnapped girls around then?" she regretted the words as she was saying them, unsure of what came over her. "Sorry, sir,. He'd say things like that."William went to his mother and gave her a hug. There were very few occasions when she let her guard down and showed her vulnerabilities. William treasured those moments and he wasn't about to let this one go by unappreciated.Touched and uncomfortable by the display of emotion, Ken put an arm around his wife and took Tim's hand. He led them away from the scene to give William and Ling the privacy they deserved. The past few weeks had taught him a lot about himself and. When they got a little further down the road, Keith leaned over and kissed her. "I've missed you." He said."And I've missed you too." she said and smiled at him.She had on her long black velvet cape and a long black velvet dress and high black boots. It was a very chilly night and the meeting was being held in the back woods behind Rita and Rex's house. There were plans to have a bon fire. Someone was bringing a folding table where they'd set up the food and drink. Sandy had brought some. After feeding mama and talking nonsense to her for a while I headed for the kitchen. Someone had made me a pot of coffee and I took a seat to drink a cup or two while they were assembling breakfast. Taachachi sat with me but she seemed a little light on conversation this morning.Apparently the cooks liked making pancakes, because we had them again today. We didn't have the bear bacon though, we had something that looked like sausage patties but I didn't understand how they had ground the meat..