She then got serious and asked me if there was anything else they could do.I told her what ever made them feel comfortable. She said okay and asked me...not to tell her Mom and I agreed that this was between us. She then said she had to go because Tom found some whip cream but before she left she told me she wished I was there. I told her that I would just be a third wheel and feel left out and she giggled she would find something for me to do. We said good by and brought the phone back to Lin. ’ Very quickly, Sammi related the information regarding Mary Ann and the connection to the accident. When she finished, Thorne’s handsome features were taut with anger. ‘Why didn’t you tell me about that earlier?’ ‘I was afraid that you’d be upset.’ ‘Well, you guessed right. I am upset. Someone tried to kill you tonight. You didn’t think I’d be upset?’ ‘I didn’t think about that … ‘ Thorne heard the confusion laced in her words. ‘You didn’t think I’d be upset that you almost died? What do you. Tom looked into Jane Doe’s baby blue eyes and said, “Look if I’m your ‘Protector’ then you are going to have to trust me ~ Okay?” There was no response from his Jane Doe so Tom sat her on the sink in the bathroom. He took his hands and released her arms from around his neck then her legs from around his waist. As he looked her over Tom felt that despite all the dried blood and dried male semen on her body she was very attractive. She has soft blonde hair that came down to the middle of her. As tired as I was I still knew that was an uncomfortable conversation and felt a little relief that I would not need to do that, little did I know that she would add practice to her talk. Monday night I called home just before bedtime to let them know I was in my hotel and Tim answered the phone. He was very excited and couldn’t hardly contain himself. When I asked him what was going on he said “Mom made me a man tonight”. I almost choked but managed to ask him what he meant. He told me that.