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started running, but a big white hand reached out and grabbed her.
    “In the dream, I followed them into the woods. He had his hand over her mouth and was holding her facing away from him, but he had a stocking over his face. I couldn’t make out what he looked like.
    “She was kicking him and he suddenly looked like he’s had enough and threw her down on the ground. Her head hit a fallen tree and she was knocked out for a few minutes. He roughly pulled her panties down and unzipped his pants and raped her.
    “She came to before he finished and started crying but he didn’t s eem to notice. I woke up while this was going on. I was in a panic. At first I thought it was a bad dream, but the next day, when it happened just like I dreamed, I knew I still had some kind of gift and that my aunt and uncle hadn’t beat it out of me.”
    “Hey!” someone yelled and we looked up and saw that it was Robert and Simon. We jumped up and ran to meet them.
    Robert picked up Sarah and swung her around, “We got him, baby. That’s why we took so long. We had to wait for two of my deputies to pick him up. You’re all safe and everyone can go home.”
    “Robert!” Sarah said. “Where’s your southern hospitality?”
    If he hadn’t been black he probably would have blushed and we laughed at him as he started sputtering and apologizing.
    “It’s okay, Robert,” I said. “We don’t take offence. I’d like to stay a few days in this paradise though. What about you, Delilah?’
    She was shaking her head, “It ain’t over, no ma ’am, n o way, no how. You’ll need me and I’m staying.”
    We all stared at her . I put my hand on her arm, “What are you saying, Delilah?”
    “You think just because you got his body locked up, we safe? You folks don’t know what this one is capable of. Bars mean nothing to him. He is without boundaries.”
    Simon looked amused, “What are you trying to say, Delilah?” I noticed he was looking with admiration at her like he really found her attractive.
    “I don’t know,” she said “That’s all I have right now,” and I noticed the attraction was mutual. I wished that she had left her hair down.
     
     
     
    CHAPTER 15
    We decided to stay just a few more days and nothing happened. Sarah ran her shop on the beach and wasn’t having any more visions in the mirror or any more dream invasions. None of us were.
    We called our loved ones and I had to do some fast talking to persuade Tracy to let me stay. Julia and “Walt Baby” were flying in for the week-end, after I told Julia what a paradise Monroe Beach was. Wade wanted to come for the weekend and I agreed with the understanding that he got a separate room.
    I learned from Mimi that she and Dr. Anna were having a blast, sho pping and cooking together.
    Dr Anna got on the phone an d said, “Judith, I found my son, Kenneth. He has straightened his life out. He lives in Tyler, Texas. He has been trying to find me. He said that he was in therapy for many years and has gotten through all the anger he had toward me.
    “I had hired a private detective and he only took one day to find him. We’ve talked over the phone and he’s coming soon. He has two children and three grandchildren so I’m a grandma and a great grandma. What do you think about that?”
    I laughed. “That’s wonderful, Dr. Anna. I’m so happy for you.”
    “How are things there,” she asked.
    “Since they caught the killer, we’re just enjoying this paradise.”
    Brad had adopted Dr. Anna as his other grandma. Dr. Anna was talking about retiring for real this time and hiring a manager for Ocean Sands. I would believe it when I saw it.
    Delilah and I walked the beach and shopped in Sarah’s shop. We bought some beachwear from the Sarah James collection. Sarah and I finally talked Delilah into losing the scarf and wearing her hair down. She had dinner with Simon once. He wanted to take her dancing but she held back and I didn’t know why.
    The prisoner was to be