The tall guy that hadn't yet spoken reached into a small refrigerator under one of the tables and pulled out bottles of water."What are your names?" a...sked Sarah as she opened her water.The blond guy, who seemed to be the leader answered, "I'm Reggie, his name is Rob and muscles there is Bill." Easy enough" Sarah responded. She took a long drink of her water and looked around as they stared boldly at her body. "What do you guys do" she asked?"Satellite communications" answered Rob. "He. "Say little girl, are you lost?" Jon asked with concern in his voice.Call it a brotherly instinct, or basic decency, but he felt compelled tohelp this poor little girl out. She looked at him, quizzically, thenspoke up "Oh yes, mister.... I am lost, oh my, goodness.... Nanny, whereare you Nanny?" she called, pleading heavily and trying to hold back thetears. "Oh dear, there you... what is your name?" he asked comfortably."Oh, um.... Polly Anne," she stammered briefly, wiping away her tears.Heh,. John couldn't help staring at the empty shadow box hanging there on the wall. Soon, he knew, it would hold his mask. It would join all the others on the walls. One hundred and forty nine masks stared at him. One hundred on the wall to his left; forty nine on the wall to his right. His was to be number one hundred and fifty. "An honour", they had told him. "You should be proud of such a place of distinction," they said. "It's been a half-century since we finished off one wall and had the big. M.discussed the events of the day before reassuring my wife I’d call her the following night and saying good bye. My plan was simple, there was a small quiet little pub opposite and just down the road from our house, I drove there and parked my car at the local supermarket, well away from the house and went to the pub. I knew none of our neighbours frequented the pub, but armed with a hoodie and a book I sat in a corner with a pint and settled in to wait to see what would happen. At about.
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