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From: Hobbeth Sent: 1/12/2006 2:06 PM

Monday, June 25; 8:30 PM; Silver Spring, Maryland (12:30 PM June 26 on Tracy Island)

For once Lena wasn't working, reading or doing needlework. Instead she was sitting in her living room, deep in thought. She'd been there ever since she'd gotten home from work two-and-a-half hours ago; she hadn't even taken time to make dinner.

She went back over all that had happened to her since she had boarded that Metro train -- Has it been only tree weeks and four days? she wondered. It seems like a lifetime ago. First there had been those men who had kidnapped her, right there in that mass of humanity, and no one else had been aware of what was going on. Then there was the hotel room stay, while they waited for the jet to arrive, and afterward the flight to England. She was still amazed that she was able to get them to let her use the PDA. That bit of subterfuge was what saved her life.

Following that was the confrontation with Jacques Hightower. His threat and his sister's behavior combined to disturb her more than anything else. Reviewing that period was just about the most difficult thing she'd had to do -- no matter how often she did -- but she managed it.

She recalled her time on Tracy Island, first helping to nurse several members of the family, then watching them recover their strength. Somehow during that period, she'd been able to call her son and tell him a little about what had happened. He was understandably upset and worried, but calmed down when she reassured him that no one had harmed her. He'd promised to tell the rest of the family and told her to let him know when she would be coming home, so he could meet her.

She winced as she remembered her talk with Dianne Tracy -- I have some apologizing to do to dat woman; I was rude to her -- and finally being brought home by Scott. She smiled slightly, thinking about the look on his face when he saw her family, who had all come to the airport to welcome her home.

Her son and daughter had rushed to her, taking her in their arms and holding her like they never wanted to let her go. The rest of the family followed, the babies in their parents' arms. Naomi in particular was very emotional, and tears were running down her cheeks when she moved into her grandmother's embrace.

Matthew had then turned to Scott and shaken his hand warmly, expressing his gratitude to the Tracy family for saving his mother. Lena chuckled as she remembered Scott's reply.

"Actually, it was a friend of our family, and her chauffeur, who did the actual rescuing. And knowing them - especially him - they probably enjoyed every minute of it. We brought her to our home to help her get over the worst of her shock, and also because it would be easier to bring her back into the U.S. from there without her passport."

It had been a long trip and Scott had stayed overnight at her house then headed home the next day after a good night's sleep. Afterward, her son and daughter had tried to get more out of her about what had happened, but she still couldn't talk about it very much. She'd gone back to work, and even took her scheduled trip to visit the I&M office at the Tracy Industries branch in Chicago.

But the pressures of her job to take her mind off of other things hadn't helped get her back to normal. She'd even toyed with -- and rejected -- the idea of leaving Tracy Industries for about five minutes. It would be ridiculous to even tink of quitting my job; I don't want to, and it wouldn't help, she'd thought, then considered Dianne's advice about talking to someone near her home for a long while. Finally she called her oldest brother, Luke, after dinner. He was a retired minister, and she felt that he was probably the only person she could really open up to about her feelings and thoughts. So she asked him to come for the weekend. She knew that Matthew had told him what had happened, so wasn't surprised when he quickly agreed to drive there from Pennsylvania the next day. He told her to expect him by lunchtime.

She'd freshened the guest room, and made sure some of his favorite food was in the refrigerator. Then, relieved that she was finally doing something to help herself get back to normal, she'd gone to bed.

Part one

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