He did not survive past breakfast time when he was “officially” discovered. What was left of the man was photographed and shown on TV and in the n...ewspaper. We felt that he had received exactly what he had deserved.The police were credited with discovering the bomb, and our names never appeared in any reports. That made us happy, but we figured that the perpetrators had to know who had captured the dead man. We were prepared to accept whatever our fate might be, but we were concerned that. I could hear his truck this time. He came into the living room as Ed, Jr., came in with Janice. He had one arm pulled behind her back twisting it painfully. There were tears in her eyes. Ed told her that they were going back into the room where he found her and she would have to be 'friendly' or they would hurt me. She screamed. Ed, Sr., hit me on the side of the head. I came around about five minutes before you arrived. I could hear grunting and sobbing from the guest room. You arrived and. " It wasn't the 'where' that's been odd to me - it's the name!" The name?" Yeah! How'd you get a name like 'William'?" He chuckled. "Shouldn't it be 'Hadji' or 'Gandhi' or something? When Joey told me, I'd be flying in with 'William', I figured you'd look kind of British."I shrugged. "It was the name I was using at the time. I was speaking to a man, an American named 'William' so I told him that my name was 'William' too. Ryou-Sensei overheard it, and called me that, and it was easier not to. She then wrapped Shannon, our little bundle of joy, in a receiving blanket and laid her in Grace's arms. The expression on Grace's face was priceless and the girl's big sister was busily snapping away with her camera. I prevailed upon one of the nurses to take a couple of shots of Kim, Grace and me adoring our newest family member.As Grace was being wheeled out of the delivery room headed for post-partum I heard some familiar voices. I looked around and saw Chris, Cathy and George entering the.
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