With a might heave the stranger tossed him across the room. A wet smack was heard as his body connected with the far wall and the henchman landed in a...heap on the floor. A pool of blood began to form under him while his body itself looked like a broken puppet laying there with its strings cut. "Any more futile gestures?" The stranger said his eyes roaming over all of them. The remaining henchmen looked to their leader terrified. "Of course not Lord Amek. My apologizes for the misunderstanding.. The sights and sounds in front of her must have inspired Sandy, for I felt her back arch to drive her hips down hard against me and I heard again the series of high pitched air gulping gasps. It was more drawn out this time and as they began to subside I felt Sandy settle her hip rocking into a quick steady motion. I suspected her intent, and as Glena lifted away from me and allowed herself to collapse on the quilt beside us my suspicions were confirmed.Sandy was staring into my eyes and as. I sent an aide upstairs to get Marcy, Jenny and the two boys, ‘‘Tell the guests I will be back in a few minutes.’’The room had multiple computers and screens attached to big flat screens. I sat at the nearest one and logged into the internet, then onto JBG’s system and then onto the ID card system. The ID card system was what JBG issued to every employee; all forty five thousand of them and all seventy thousand college students and administrators.The card had a locator and identification chip. Her hair was disheveled and I could tell just looking at her that she had been crying for some time. I moved to take her in my arms."Oh, Mark, it hurts so much."There wasn't much I could say that would change that or make her feel any better so I chose to just hold her close. Finally I suggested that she might be a little better if we sat in the hot tub, and she agreed.We sat, silently, just allowing the warm water and the tub jets to do their best to relax us and soothe our aches. Apparently.