" I think my curiosity had overwhelmed my sense ofapprehension. To live 3 whole days as Shawna... I had never even dreamedit possible, and yet, here I...was, about to do exactly that. "Are youready?"On hearing her give an emphatic "Yes!", I slipped the ring on my rightpinky and began to recall Shawna's image. I recited her descriptionexactly as I had created it so long ago. As I did, her image in my mindbecame more and more clear: "An hour glass figure any woman would bejealous of, long toned. With luck they’ll leave you to come to your senses.’ Ellis looked at Troy appearing not at all confident. ‘Should I go to the police?’ ‘What do you think?’ ‘They may sympathize but will tell me there is nothing they can do.’ ‘Exactly. I could also go and break a couple of legs, but will that stop them? Perhaps but you can’t be sure. Best to catch them in the act and with kidnapping they’ll be disgraced locally and put away for years.’ ‘Or if we could capture them and call a joint families’. When a daughter nears her thirteenth birthday in my family, the parents begin a series of talks with her concerning sex, marriage, maturity, responsibility, and basically all the things a young woman needs to know to make it in society. They pull no punches, make no moral judgments, and just provide the most reliable information they know. Questions are encouraged and answered fully and in most cases, sex is the main topic of discussion."My wife took a sip of her wine and continued."On my. Lewis shrugged."I've never been real clear on that," Lewis admitted. "I just pretty well sent e-mails to anyone I can think of. You get them; Chief Hawkins gets them; Steve Curtis and Linda Roberts get them."Jan nodded as though she understood. She really didn't."Well, I guess I should just get this out," she decided. "I have no idea who you are or what you do. I noticed a couple of months ago that I was paying for you out of my budget. This is the first chance I've had to track you down. So,.