Well, Keith admitted to himself, I was tempted.“So that’s where it came from,” Maddie said, glancing at Keith. “How did you know what book to... put it in and how did you get it?”“That was another gift from your father,” Derek said. “During his years in Iran, Yousef found a cache that his father had hidden. It was when Yousef showed me what he’d found, including a charred page from a manuscript that had been burnt, that I decided it was all worth looking for.”“If you know what we’re looking for,. That was done perfectly. Mom didn'texpect him to pretend sickness, not in the winter break. Usually Dan waseager to see his cousins and parents couldn't expect his ailment wasn'ttrue.Next was the room. Dan had chosen kitchen because there was more lighthere than in the bathroom. He covered the floor with some old papers.Later he put everything from his cache on the table: syringe, scalpel,needle, bottle of alcohol, silk thread, band aid, cotton wool, bandage,bottle of Novocain, manicure. " You have wanted to make a scene out of me the whole night!" Missy, let's go outside and talk..." Now? Now, you want to have a private conversation? It is too late forthat." Missy!" Shut up!" I screamed hysterically, the tears that had been dammed thewhole night flowing freely now. "I loved you! How..." I paused, checkedmyself, and lowered my voice. "How could you?"And I spun around again, went out the door and slammed it behind me.Lisa was obviously slowed down by her state of undress,. "Frank, could you give me a hand?" Mona's voice interrupted his thoughts. He turned to find his wife trying to raise their tent.Without comment, he glanced away from Bret and Karen and walked to his wife. When he looked back, the couple had vanished in the woods. He cursed under his breath. If anything happened between those two, Jason and Liz would have to answer for it! The morals of the country might be deteriorating, but within the Stivers family, he would see that the old ways were.