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When he reached her he carefully turned her over, saw that Ja of a nightmare for them all He scooped her up into his arms carried her up to the terrace and laid her on the chaise lounge There She was co, Jaone, and then she went out again

He grabbed the phone he saw on the table and punched in the station nuet out to my house now, no one but you" he heard I' up the phone

Next he picked up the tay radio, trying to sound calm he said, Marie, baby, are you there? It took abut finally she answered," I'!" "Okay, stay there and daddy will coet you, okay honey?" "Ok daddy"

He heard a terrible agonizing groan from his wife then, and went to her, he fell to his knees and took her hand, and told her sweetheart, it's going to be alright, please believe et Jamie back, I proan to sob uncontrollably

He told her then to stay put, he was going to the playhouse to get Marie, and he did that iht away as she had been peeking out of her littleand saw her daddy striding towards, she had seenstrides back towards the terrace, Marie asking is ht now' let's you and I get her into the house and up to her bed, will you help ot Candee to their bedroo her if she could stay in her room for awhile, and let mommy rest She said she would do that, as he turned to leave her roohter say, "a bad man took Jamie, daddy!" he stopped dead in his tracks, turned, said, "what did you say?" she repeated what she had said He walked back over to her pulling out the chair at her desk and sitting down, he asked, "how do you know that Marie?' "Because I saw him daddy" "can you tell daddy exactly what you saw'