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The Secret’s Out–Page 8

We arrived at her house.  I showed her where the receiver for the bug was and I went to her bathroom to take a shower.  A few minutes later, I came out.  The injuries that they had made were now very visible.  It felt good to be out of makeup, but some of it got into the wound on my face, and it stung.  Kendall got up and came over when she saw me.  “Ouch!  Does that hurt?”

“Only when I smile — OW!”  I said.

“Here, let me fix it up.”  She said.  Running back into the bathroom, she grabbed some things and came back out.  She put some hydrogen peroxide on the cut.  That stung.  The bruise she covered with ice until the swelling started to go down.  “Tricia said that they were unable to switch the gem.  She also said that the couple was going to Milwaukee, Wisconsin tomorrow.  Does that mean we have to follow?”

“Yes.  OW– Can you be packed tonight?”

“Sure.”

“Then we’ll leave first thing in the morning.  I want to get there before they do.  Did you happen to hear where they were staying?”

“Yes.  I wrote it down on this paper.”

“Good.  We can bug that hotel room also.  I’ll go over first thing in the morning and remove — OWW!”  I said, as she just applied another coat of the peroxide.

“Why don’t I go over?  Where did you put it?”

“On the lamp.  Room 153.”

“Okay.  How did you get in the first place?”

“Told the man I was Tracy’s husband.”

“I don’t think that that will work for me.”

“Probably not, but you’ll come up with something.”

“Right now, I think I’ll get to packing.  I’m in the room at the end of the hall if you need anything more.”

“Thanks again.”

“Don’t mention it.”  She left. I walked into my room, shut the door, and sat on my bed in great pain.  Reaching inside my suitcase, I dug out my Bible.  Flipping open to the book mark in Deuteronomy 31, I read the passage.  One verse struck me as interesting.  Verse 6 stated: “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”  That was very encouraging.  After praying for all the things the Lord had done for me, for my family, and for what I had to do in the days to come (yes, for Kendall too), I pulled open the sheets of the bed and fell asleep.