.." It's worth the risk, Matthew. Having a young American female whom they'll probably threaten to behead is just what they think they need to grab ba...ck the world's attention. They're eager to let the world know they reject the message of Porto. We've got a good chance of me meeting someone in the senior leadership. We have to do this." Humph. They're not the only ones rejecting the message. Everyone I've talked to in Aramex thinks it's a CIA plot, even though there are two Muslim doctors in. Daddy, this is such a shot in the arm to your life." Fine, maybe you're right. Maybe that is why he sent it to me. Because I could be immoral without being evil. Maybe you're right. The point is, Em, I'm not the one using it. I used it on Elizabeth, just to find out if it worked. I used it on your mother to get her to treat me fair and let me see you and Hayley, and I used it on Olivia because I was worried she might be a threat. You, on the other hand have now used the stuff on yourself,. A little later, Tosha’s eyes fluttered a bit, then after a few seconds, opened. Comprehension came a few heartbeats after that as a tongue-tip tentatively traced her lips when she sat up.“I have your stitches right here,” he said while holding them up for Tosha to see before he tossed them into a garbage can.“My mouth feels ... normal,” she said, amazement in her voice as she tentatively bit her lip to test for soreness, finding none. “Is there a mirror...” she began just as a smiling Kayla. ‘Evening,’ the woman said. She didn’t want to make small talk with him, but he had a full cart and it would be awkward not to at least be polite. Still, she wasn’t subtle in doing up another button in her blouse to send a message. Well, she almost did it up, anyway. ‘And what a fine evening it is… Reanna,’ he said, smiling at her as she started scanning his groceries. ‘A pretty name, Reanna, for a pretty girl.’ Ugh, she disliked nametags, all these strangers knowing her name without her.