"Okay, here's the deal," Lamar said as he pulled Lionel and me aside. "We rent a limo. It's forty-five bucks an hour with a four hour minimum. That co...mes out to sixty bucks for each of us. We pick up our beautiful ladies and ride around for an hour in the limo, just cruising and having fun. Then we go to the prom. The limo has to wait for us, so we just spend two hours—no more and no less—cruising the prom, showing off our ladies, and dancing. Then we get back in the limo and cruise for another. Did you have any trouble at Thr.Tx?Me: I was forewarned, thanks for that, so the potential trouble was not a problem. I don't want to impose, so tell me if I'm overloading you with requests. Could you watch the local papers up there for the next few days? I'm looking for an injury outside of town, to someone from Atlanta.Her: I shall tell you when I can not handle your requests. Would checking the hospital and police records be helpful?Me: That's too much. You must have other things to do,. Cared for. But there was no time for grieving."Report," he said harshly."We're temporarily secured," came Ahlia's voice. "There are no active natives in here. I count at least five that are wounded and may survive with aid, but none to present a threat. We have no wounded, civilian or soldier, except..." He pointed mutely to van Damm's body. "We need to avoid the doorways, though, because of spears—or we can close them, but we cut off most of our own light." Yes," replied the colonel. "Avoid. Entering the park, lucy felt strange, hot, turned on!! Why? She couldn’t understand. She felt wobbly on her feet, her head spun.Opening her eyes, lucy found herself in a dirty, dingy room with a dozen young hooligans. This must be the gang clubhouse! How did she get here?She was on her knees, her wrists tied to a chain hanging from the ceiling! Her jacket was lying on the floor. Oh gawd, what was going to happen to her!? She looked up. “what do you want? Please let me go. I’ll raise the money.