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I nodded, "It's the right thing to do"

I stepped past him to sit down in the cab I looked back up at him, "Could I ask a personal favor of you?"

"Name it!" He said

I looked down at al actions that Francesca enacted in order to bring Panolic down I', but could you give o to jail, but I'd like to be able to say what needs said to the couple who raised me face-to-face Afterwards I promise that I'll come back and see justice served for my part in all this"

"Where are your adoptive parents?"

"Their missionaries to New Guinea"

"New Guinea" Jim said softly as if to hiood place to stay lost Why don't you stay lost there for a few months and then send h money for you to stay lost"

"That's sweet of you, but I don't want to get you in trouble I'll come back and serve my time"

He shook his head no, "Turning over evidence like you have is apt to get you a reduced sentence of one to two years, but I now have a first-class experience as to how vindictive Francesca Marelli can be You wouldn't last onein such a way I' their jobs back and the scheht to justice That's ood life Kiain as he closed the car door gently The cab ed into the street as I sat in the back in a state of profound shock

It had all happened just like Grace had said it would I had h I kneould cost me my life and yet God had o to prison and face the hell that I'd be in for there!

Fresh tears came to my eyes as it dawned onthat helped everything else I still had to tell h I'd break the news to my brother first as he lived in the city I didn't want to tell him any more than I wanted to tell my adoptive parents, but it was best to cover all the bases that mattered, as I didn't put it past Francesca for amaterial