The meeting broke for dinner with the seating rearranged for meals. Admiral Higgins got the attention of the group,"Gentlemen, unanswered questions ab...und regarding HCL and associated matters. Meeting here, last dog eight. Everybody!"There was a cough from Hugh,"Renmarks." Apologies, gentlemen. Please attend."The Renmark officers had kept heir ears open and, suspecting a lively meeting, didn't need a specific invitation.The lounge was as crowded as it would have been in its heyday. The Warrant. You have to understand that the boys and I need more stability in our life. Tom is a wonderful man and loves the boys." He's not taking my sons from me!" Barry, he has no intention of replacing you. You are and will always be their father. They need a male role model in their life on a regular basis. They're starting school and life for them will be changing quite a bit." What about you? Are you in love with him?" He has helped me out a lot in the last two years. Yes, I guess in a sense I love. I was falling for this man again. He gave a satisfied deep sigh and then leaned against the trunk bringing me into his lap. I sat in his arms in silence. And for the first time, I wasn’t nervous and trying to fill the silence with conversation, I was content with just being in his company with just his warm embrace doing the talking. ‘This is why I am not at Yale, This is why I am a big disappointment. The future king of the realm and I am a defect. Everyone will soon find out and I will be. What had they done to me? I wept at the thought that the same had been done to Alex.The days of captivity continued. Each day we were told to shower, given clean undergarments (but no real clothing), and fed meals through a panel in the door. But why were we here? I could hear other women, in other rooms. Some cried, others yelled in defiance. At first I had assumed Alex and I had been taken for ransom. Yet with so many of us held captive I began to think of another possibility, a terrible.