Two men keep me at the wheel, their Uzis still pointed at me, whilst the other two manhandle Francine out the back, hood her and place her gently into...the van, then they c********* me and I’m out like a light, leaving my Limo where we’d stopped. We’d been k**napped by hardliners.When I come to, my mouth is fuzzy, I notice we’d been driven to an old warehouse. It’s dusty and stinks. I’m tied to a chair, very tightly, my wrists and ankles strapped. As I get a grip on my surroundings, I can. Did you get married?" She raised her left hand with the ring."Jim knows about Mark, Hassan. You can speak freely. And I thinksomeone wants to talk to you."The subtle change in voice. "Hello, Hassan. I haven't seen your ugly facein a long time." Jayti?" he said incredulously. "Apparently."His face broke into a rare wide-open smile. "Jayti, I'm very happy toknow you're alive." He looked at Jim and shook his headsympathetically. "Jim, how do you deal with this? One is bad enough,but two..." It's. He needed to learn his place.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Simulacrum – Allenoth Highway, Magery of ThosiI knelt next to the corpse that used to be my master on the hill overlooking the burned wheat field. I stared calmly at the four women that surrounded me. They were my master's enemies. They had killed his mortal vessel. But I knew he was not dead. I knew the lengths my master had gone through to insure his continued existence beyond his vessel's termination.The scent of death lingered in. " Well, in a few minutes we are going to watch my dear husband play a round of golf, live and in full color. I hope you won't be too upset but I think you are going to recognize his caddie." How the hell did you arrange this?" It cost me fourteen hundred bucks to get everything in place for this. It better be worth it. Of course Kirk is going to pay for it. I am guessing it will last about two hours, so get comfortable. I have popcorn and nachos to help us pass the time. By the way, I will be.