"He won't be here for you for Mother's Day?" I guess not. I don't know maybe he'll surprise me," I said with hope.Josh stayed quiet and ate his breakf...ast. "Yeah maybe you will get a surprise."Saturday morning I woke up around eight, which was considered late to me since I always got up a lot earlier. The morning sun was peering through my window and I stretched out in bed and yawned. The house was awfully quiet and then I heard the phone ringing. I figured it would be Michael, or at least I. ” It’s hard to tell in this light but it seems like Chloe’s eyes widen a bit. Must have been pretty close. “But that was just a lucky guess, I can’t read your mind. Don’t worry.”Chloe tries to sort things out. “So, you can hear everyone’s thoughts, but you can’t hear mine?”“Yes.”“Does it happen often that you can’t deliver?”“No, you’re the only one I ever met that I can’t hear.”Chloe says smiling, “pretty convenient, don’t you think.” “In this conversation? Not particularly I would say. If I. And Kenzie has been the perfect daughter. It just isn't right that they can do the terrible things they've done to us ... and now this! Whatever the hell this might turn out to be!When the hooks were low enough that they could reach them Dave and Casey each grabbed one and hooked it to a sturdy ring in the center of the bars between our ankles. They stepped back then and the quiet humming resumed. The hooks, and our legs, were slowly drawn upwards. The process continued until we were suspended. I guessed that I was just being paranoid.My final meeting with Clinton Products was scheduled for the following Wednesday so I spent the time before the meeting squeezing out some modest contracts from my other customers.The meeting with Clinton Products went better that I hoped for. We went over the whole proposal again and everyone was in agreement that no changes needed to be made. The total price of the proposal was slightly more than ten million dollars over five years.George Harris looked.