He stepped into the small alcove and waited. After the count of five, the door opened and an older woman held a gun to his abdomen. Benni kept his han...s open for her to see."Safe-be," he said as he stumbled inside.She gave him the once over and tucked away her gun. "You're bleeding all over my clean floor." My pardon," Benni said. "I don't really have any choice." You have slugs to pay for this?" I do." He produced ten slugs from one pocket and she was satisfied. A table was pulled down from. .. Standing beside me was Leaf.“Lord .. Will is scouting the cave entrance... I will lead you there.”I just nodded and Leaf began moving ahead but after a short distance he suggested we leave the horses and continue on foot I assigned the horse wrangler and his assistant to take care of them.Leaf was very cautious and I warned all the soldiers to be silent. The trail we were following was like a covered trail the brush and limbs hooded it all.. We snaked our way to the opening in the cliff.. Is my cell phone number showing?"It was, along with a note that her lunch hour was from twelve-thirty until one-thirty."Yes it is, but I couldn't wait to talk to you."Another giggle, "You don't want me to be fired, do you?" I'll call at five past one," I said, knowing that she was in the Eastern Time zone, one hour ahead of us in the central.Now, what to do with the fax and Nadine's picture? Should I show it to Ed? Should I hide it? I decided to leave it, face up, on the desk in my room. I made. "That's why I went looking for adventure. I bought the bike in Australiaand gypsied through Indonesia and Thailand. They smuggled me across Burma(Myanmar) and into India. I wasn't supposed to be in Kyrgyzstan either --the State Department wanted to shoot me."At first, she struggled -- especially when the talent agency changed hername. To a reporter from The New York Times, she said:"The one thing I regret is that we didn't pick a better name, one thatwould be much more ... sigh ... more.