) It was a few secondsbefore she realized who I was. I told her to take her things so we could go in the back yard wherethere were tables and we could... have some privacy. She said that I wasvery pretty, not like she thought I would look. The only time she hadseen me I was disheveled and had dirt and blood on my face. We huggedfor a long while, I was so glad to see her. We talked for long past myten minute break but I didn't care; I was living with the manager.I told mom that tomorrow was payday. With personal armor and weapons they went to the Castle and began to search. The Castle was being used as Administrative Headquarters for the entire planet. It is three stories with a full basement. The search started on the roof and continued down floor by floor. The elevators were taken to the basement and shut off as were the drop and lift tubes. Guards were stationed at each stairwell to make sure no one slipped around them into an area that had been searched.Nothing out of the ordinary was. "Her daughters, I notice, still have a bit of tan line, too."To Ralph's amusement, I described the scene at the start of her trip, when she first learnt her daughters would be running around in nature's swimsuits."She must really trust you, to let her kids go off like that on such short notice." That, and I was her last resort. There are no such things as boarding kennels for kids."Ralph laughed again. "Well, I'm not going to say anything to her when this is over, except that when this is. But this was different. I dont know. Karens phone rang and it was her Mom. Im at Jennys. What? I was? Fine, I am on my way. Karen hung up. Apparently I was supposed to babysit my little brother ten minutes ago. I have to go. I guess I better go and untie your Mom. Good call, I replied, shaking my head at the obvious absurdity of my Karens last sentence. She left and I in a tizzy over what to wear, how to act, and scared to deal with my Mom, decided to go to Megan, the person who started it.