." She began to cry helplessly.Terri said, "Mom and Dad were captured two weeks ago by another band of scavengers. We had moved into one of the wareho...ses and saw you land. We were curious. We think our folks are alive but aren't sure. We can't get close enough but the bad guys haven't left any bodies. They probably saw you land, too. We need to hide before they come."I determined that Terri was older by a year or so. I asked, "Terri, how many are there in that group?" I think there's eight or. Them fellas is mad at us," Felix said. "If she keeps losing her temper we'll never get to Hawaii." How many missiles do we have left?" David wanted to know."We had 12 in the racks and two in the launcher ... we've got 12 left. And that reminds me ... I need to reload the launcher." Too late ... Rose did it," David declared. "How about everything else?" We don't have enough empties to make it worthwhile to reload." Felix wasn't complaining. The rounds expended for the progress made was pretty. ‘Not really, I just throw things together and see what happens.’ She picked up the tray. ‘Would you like some more or I have some bottled pears and cream in the fridge for afters.’ He thought for a moment. ‘Could I be difficult and ask for both?’ She chuckled. ‘Of course! It won’t take me a moment.’ This time when she returned he was talking to the cat, rubbing behind her ears and telling her how beautiful she was. ‘Off you go, Megan, ‘ Jo pulled her gently away as she put the tray down.. " I told her.She looked at me, my heart melted, "But there isn't any other way." She said simply, and looking in her eyes, I could see that she thought that was the truth."That's not true." Martha's voice broke the link between us and brought our attention to her she was standing back in the doorway, "There are plenty of times when love can hurt or when you can be hurt with love, it feels painful but then you know that the person doing it, is doing it out of love for you." There was a wistful.