Although I mostly let Aurora tell me about herself, her family, her education, her likes and dislikes. I lied and told her I was alone and without fam...ily. Well, the last of my family had died about 650 years before, so it wasn’t stretching the truth that much. My most recent foray into education I could discuss with her. I could throw out the names of any of an half-dozen undergraduate colleges that I had attended at one time or another as well as my most recent medical school, residency and. Soon the sounds of the front door being bashed in rang like a chorus of Angels to her ears, and she kept screaming. “Help me! Please! I’m trapped!” and the door crashed loudly as the solid wood gave way, and then the heavy boots of firefighters rushed in, along with the ghostly sounds of their breathing equipment, sounding something like an army of Darth Vaders as she continued to yell. She wouldn’t give up, until she was found. That only took a short while, and the door to the room she was in. I wanted to pitch the guy out of that second-story window, but reined myself in. He was finished for the night. Maybe finished for a good long time. I let him go and he groaned — a kind of sickly sound — and curled up on the floor.Chicago Joe bustled in and I tossed her the man’s billfold. She took out all of his cash and handed it to Katie without even bothering to count it.I dragged the gentleman by his wrists down the bumpy steps and out through the back door. It was still snowing, and he. ” He gestured for her to come in. “You can call me Lenny.” “Okay.” Mysti could feel her heart pounding as she stepped inside. A small lamp in the back dimly illuminated the large room. There were very few pieces of furniture and those were covered in white sheets that as far as she could tell, looked to be dusty with cobwebs. Lenny closed the heavy glass door and locked it. Pointing to the back of the room he said, “We’re through that door in the back.” Mysti followed him across the room..