The New Start soldier who strapped us in for the flight combined military bearing with a sunny disposition. He introduced himself as "Sergeant Markey,... and he was talkative and upbeat. "You're really gonna love our town!" he said. "... And you people -- man, you are real VIPs!... Everyone else, before they come to New Start?... First, they gotta spend time at our halfway house. It's a place -- a secure location -- more than 200 miles from home! It's where we check folks out, for security."But. "How can I be angry with you?" he said. "You mean everything to me. Ifyou told me you were a Russian spy, using me as a cover, I think I wouldstill love you."She smiled through her tears. Her happiness was spared. "I'm not evenRussian," she said.I think you do owe me an explanation," he said. "So you said you wouldtell me everything, do that now." Kiss me first," she said.She made a pot of tea. It was a Russian thing, but only one of a fewcustoms that she had adopted. The truth is that. .feeling very vunerable yet excited...what is going to happen to you?Now that you are tide up and blidfolded its time for me to play.> >> Starting with your ankles i kiss them softly slowly movng my way up the inside ofyour legs stoping just before it gets too sensitive for you.> >> I then lean up to your neck and breath deeply gainst your skin which sends a shiver down your spine. You can feel me breathing close to you but not touching.> >> I keep going untill you cant stand it anymore and beg. When the group returned to Los Angeles to farewell Merrick’s mother and her granddaughter, Bella kissed everyone goodbye, leaving her father and Kirsty till last. As she prepared to go through for final passenger processing for her Qantas flight, she and Kirsty had a very emotional hug — both sobbing freely. Then Bella and Linda were gone. ‘Bella had such a lovely time,’ Bess sniffed. ‘According to Linda she arrived as a girl and in going home a teenager. Bella and Marg related extremely well.