No one on the other side of this door can hear anything going on inside the apartment." She entered a code and a sound came from inside the door. "Jef... installed this door. It has a special security lock. In the event of a power outage, the door can still be opened because it has internal power cells built into it. He said that it would take a lot to get past its security."The door opened into one of the stairwells. I could come and go without having to go through the lobby if I wanted. Susan. . the humidity is ridiculous. I have your boys with me. Kim saw us and dropped them off.”“I’d have helped you even if you weren’t holding my kids hostage,” Ben said, laughing. “Give me a couple of minutes. Do you just want me to pick you up and drive you back to the house?”“No,” I said quickly. “I would never hear the end of this from those people.”“Say no more,” he said. “I’ll see you in a few minutes.”We passed the time looking at the horses. The kids wanted to ride them and pet them and. He returned to the family room without putting things away. I decided to not make a fuss about it and put everything away. Shortly after mommy and daddy got home, daddy made Bobby do his homework and I was allowed to watch what I wanted on TV for a while. Then after dinner, mommy reminded us that it was Thursday and that meant family reading time and it was my turn to read a chapter of the book we were reading. We all gathered in the family room and since I was reading this day I sat in the. Brian could estimate the total amount, but he never counted the bills. He shared the safe combination with Amanda, and they never spoke of their find again, except when he would ask her to go downstairs and get a couple of hundred dollars for spending money. Brian took the kids back to the Bennett house to move the rest of the Sandwich glass. He researched the pieces in one of Peggy’s antique books and priced them, hoping to reap enough to pay for the new stairs leading to the second floor of.