The Chief approached me and started to run his hand up and down my back, he gave a grunt and a quick command in Arabic to one of the guards. The guard... was gone for just a moment and came back with a much smaller and lighter looking whip; he said that my back would not survive the heavier whip. It was at that moment that I felt that I could trust the Chief fully with my well being and ultimate safety. He flicked the whip in the air a few times to get the feel of it and as I listened to the sound. "This Alex is trulybeautiful both inside and out, and I guess it just so happens thatshe looks stunning in anything I pick out for her." Maybe," Alex smiled, thinking about it."It's nothing to be embarrassed about?" said Kayla, looking into hiseyes. "Sure, those feelings might have had needed a push to escapefrom wherever they were trapped in you, but in one night you knockeddown the wall between yourself and your father, and became a lovingbig sister that you were never as a brother, and. Why? Just so they could get -- Sandra?" Yes. Probably." I feel so bad, about what I said, when we had the meeting." What? What did you say?" Don't you remember? I said how I was sorry so many people had died, but that I couldn't help it, that I was just -- happy -- being in this group, and having this new life. I knew -- even then -- that... what I said... it was an awful thing for me to say! It was so selfish! And now, my daddy's dead, and that other man. And Sandra's been captured by... them.. Probably under a thousand. We are going to need a place to live, so I don't know about that." We can most likely find a motel nearby for our exploratory expedition," Wilson said."Well keep working on it," I suggested. "But don't call Rita. Let's take a look at this thing before we get her involved. But do find the name and address of the owner. Also anything you can about their financial status." Well," Wilson said, "We have finished the pizza and we had our little talk. It is time to go.