By now the sky was pretty crowded, with 24 helicopters (15 news, 3 private, 2 police, 2 Air Force, 2 Army), 6 private planes and 6 Air Force fighters.... The armed forces were keeping their distance, either from military caution about getting too close to a possible enemy, or because the news choppers had 'elbowed' them aside in their desire to get close to me.I stopped at 3,000 feet ASL, about five hundred feet offshore and five hundred feet south of the Pier. I recreated the square, walkway and. I fell asleep." He looked at his watch. "Golly! That was three hours ago. I really am sorry. I shall have to do a lot of talking to make up for it. I'm hungry too. Do you mind if I eat my sandwich while I do?"He rattled on inconsequentially for a while and then ran out of things to say. This was a pretty tedious occupation but, he checked himself, a vital one. He started telling her why he loved her. He told her of his physical longing for her but that did him no good at all and he dropped the. . keep up the good work."Cassie inwardly cringes at the lameness of her words when he was likely expecting some sort of divine revelation. Yet he beams anyway and nods. "Thank you. Thank you, Lord. And don't you worry, you'll see old Jeb right in the front pew from now on come Sunday morning!"Cassie forces a smile and nods. "Very good. And now I will take my leave. Um, thank you for your time."She lets go, and the tether snaps her back into the line. Her angelic attire is abandoned for her. Thought he’d get lucky. She asked him, “How much?” He said five hundred. We heard her reply.“Mister, my slave collar is worth thirty times that much. Momma? Can I have a thousand dollars? This guy just offered me five hundred to go with him, but I wanna stay with you and Daddy.”“Sure, Pumpkin. I’ll give you fifteen hundred if you smile at him and then not say another word to him.” She smiled at the man and turned back to us. He got pissed, embarrassed, and walked out. “Like that cop said on the.