.. y-yes of course," he admitted, still not looking at me."Then don't you think she deserves a family? A loving family with amother and a father. A mo...her and a father who love each other as much asthey love her? Because I'll tell you this, I love YOU." I wrapped my armsaround his waist and hugged his back. "Let's be a family..."He spun around and put his arms back around me with an intensity I wasn'texpecting. "I don't know if I can." I could feel his salty tears fallingon me. "It won't be. She called raggedly, her breath all but gone. The metallic pinging stopped as she rounded the corner. She found herself face to face with something that seemed to be out of a history book. A large man stood next to a large anvil, one hand holding a large hammer, the other a pair of tongs. He wore a large leather apron and heavy leather gloves. He glared at her, frowning, as sweat ran down his scruffy face. ‘Please. Help. They. They’re following me. They hurt me.’ She gasped and panted. . It was nearly seven p.m. when her car pulled into the driveway.Jason was, as usual standing guard at his post near the window.He watched as her brake lights turned off, knowing that her foot had just left the pedal.Then he saw her door open and waited as she gathered her purse, then swung that lovely white sneaker to the ground, soon followed by the other one.His eyes followed each step as she gingerly walked up the steps to her door and went in.He looked at the box on the table then sighed and. The main part of the battle was over. I searched all up and down the spectrum and couldn't find anything to work against. Suddenly the green light went off and the antenna started down. Stretch and I shut down and got out of the hut to where Lani was waiting for us."The LT gave out a general call to shut down operations, Sarge. There is nothing else we can do. We are to return to the collection point we used the other night. The HQ area is relocating now and when they get back up we can join.