They made it clear they wanted her for their sick games. Alpha and his goons went through a lot of trouble to get her and she knew, unfortunately, the... were not going to let her go. Leah took advantage of this. She figured she would throw them off guard by seeing how relaxed and calm she was. "Tempting offer, there. I think I speak for all three of us when I say we respectfully pass." With that, Alpha turned around to exit the door. Leah didn't have anything else to say. She watched Alpha leave. She added power to the engine and taxied onto the runway. Then adding full power she focused on keeping the airplane on the center line of the runway as it accelerated. At 80 knots she applied gentle back pressure on the yoke and the airplane left the runway. A few seconds later the gear came up and they entered into the clouds.There was a bit of turbulence in the clouds. The plane started bouncing and Julie focused on keeping the airplane under control. She changed the radio frequency and. "She is going to leave her house," said the steward."And her son?" Florentin, his valet, thinks he is going to do the same." Come this way." Monte Cristo took Bertuccio into his study, wrote the letter we have seen, and gave it to the steward. "Go," said he quickly. "But first, let Haidee be informed that I have returned." Here I am," said the young girl, who at the sound of the carriage had run down-stairs and whose face was radiant with joy at seeing the count return safely. Bertuccio left.. My hair had gottenkind of long since my mom quit giving me haircut money. Some of the kidsat school made jokes, calling me miss or ma'am. But I still didn'tappreciate the nurse screwing with me about it. Weren't adults abovethat?"My name is John," I said. "I'm a bo--" I let the rest of the sentencedrop, she was back into her book pretending not to hear.While I waited for mom, I stared at the ceiling then studied the IV in myleft arm. That's when I noticed of how thin my arm looked. My hand.