I dreaded the day she decided I was the stupidest person on the planet. Until that day, I cherished every day with my Jess. Someone must have d**gged...our food. One moment we were laughing and giggling together. The next, I was waking up, gradually becoming aware. I was tied up, tied to someone else. Blindfolded. The person I was tied to was stirring. "Who is that?" I asked. Gradually I also became aware I was nude. The person I was tied to was nude too. The person's legs were wrapped. He'll have to finally get on track and find Armstrong's killer now."Damien singled out a crewman to ferry us to the dock and we were on our way. We'd covered almost half the distance when my cell phone chirped with Mom's ringtone."Hi Mom." Shut up and listen closely," a male voice said. Jake Wallace's voice. My breath caught in my throat."I hope you found the gold on that ship because I have your mother. I'll exchange her for it." Don't hurt her," I said, my voice choked out of my suddenly. Ionly knew that he called his girl friend "Shelby Lynne" because Isometimes heard him yell for her.The mowing was complete, and I grabbed the weed-eater and began to trimthe fence line. A chain-link fence divided our two properties. As Imoved down the line, I caught a glimpse of something red. It was a lacybra, laying in the tall grass on my neighbor's side of the fence. Idon't know how it got there; I had to have it. I intentionally wiped mybrow giving me a chance to look around. I didn't see. Just as Phillip returned, she struck a spark from her starter, the intense heat of the big spark instantly igniting the lint. There was a breeze, and as usual, she cupped her hands around the tiny flame. In seconds, it had eagerly eaten some of the lint and spread to the smallest of the twigs. With her continuing to blow gently on the little blaze, it blossomed into the slightly larger limbs that she fed it.Once Phillip had returned with the tent and supplies, he took the water filtering kit.