It did not take her long to worm from me the full story of my killing of Ashby de La Zouche in revenge of his murder of Annette Blanchard, and the sub...sequent reprisal of the burning down of Hungerford Hall.“A revenge killing? A blood feud can only end with the termination of the line of one of the families involved. You must kill all the members of the de La Zouche family. How many are left alive?” Her eyes glowed with interest.“Just one, Eloise de La Zouche.”“And where does she live?”“I have. That's why. They're trying to prevent Hank and his commandos from reading their minds." Or from putting thoughts in their minds," Hank added. "It was one of my better deception operations. President Lee told the President of the United States the truth about our secret weapon, but the secret is safe because President Larsen thought our last president was lying to her. I was there. I asked President Larsen if she really thought that I was capable of putting thoughts in her mind. The truth is. Mike sat back, and tried to remember where he had left off.He related about them going to the "beach" at the Sand Pits. There had been, that first time, 7 couples that went together. It was in an "out of the way" place on a road that dead ended a short ways past. At first look, it looked like a giant hole in the ground, with cars parked around it. You had to walk right up to the edge to see anything. It was nearly a half mile long, and nearly a quarter mile wide It was an abandoned sand quarry,. I had forgotten that today was sign up day, so I finished my meal and headed home to get my girls. They were waiting on me in the drive way when I pulled up and we quickly headed toward the school. We pulled into the school parking lot and went inside. The girls seen some of their friends and were off with them. I followed with some distance behind them. I knew I cramped their style and had learned to stay back in the shadows. When they needed me, they would summon me, and I would assist them.