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trailer. By that time sheтАЩd forgotten about Granpa, and that was when theyтАЩd
tossed the blanket over her head and shoved her into the car.

тАЬMom!тАЭ she pleaded when sheтАЩd been strapped in and the blanket
came off. RoLayne looked over her shoulder furtively. тАЬHoney, everythingтАЩs
fine, donтАЩt worry. Just mind Granpa, do what he tells you. IтАЩll see you real
soon.тАЭ She squeezed LexiтАЩs arm through the car window, and they started
moving.

Remembering all this gave Lexi an idea, something to grab onto
mentally in the dizzying terror. тАЬI have to go to the bathroom,тАЭ she said in a
whiny voice. HeтАЩd called her a brat, okay, sheтАЩd play a brat.

тАЬThen I guess youтАЩll just have to hold it.тАЭ He sounded calmer now. He
didnтАЩt take his eyes off the road.

тАЬNo, I really have to go bad,тАЭ she said in a shrill, complaining voice. A
little more nasal quality? Maybe just a little. тАЬI already had to go when I was
going to the trailer. Granpa, IтАЩm gonna wet my pants!тАЭ

тАЬI told you to shut up,тАЭ he snapped, but he looked uneasy all the
same. He must have borrowed the sledcar, and what sledcar owner was
going to be thrilled to find the seat had been peed on?

Things seemed to be taking a promising turn, but just then Lexi
realized that even if she prevailed, Granpa wasnтАЩt going to untie her hands
and let her go off into the bushes on her own. He would keep hold of her,
and pull her dress up and her pants down himself. HeтАЩd claimed that the
thought of тАЬloving on herтАЭ made him sick, but what if getting into that kind of
situation made him change his mind? Lexi felt a thrill of a sicker sort of fear.
тАЬI guess I can wait a little while,тАЭ she said in a sulky voice.

тАЬYou do that,тАЭ said her grandfather, though he looked over at her in a
way that made Lexi glad she had changed tactics. тАЬItтАЩs not that much fuтАЩther
anyways.тАЭ

тАЬBut this leather thingтАЩs really hurting my hands, theyтАЩre getting numb.тАЭ

тАЬLike I said, itтАЩs not much fuтАЩther.тАЭ

At that moment the sound of a helicopter made LexiтАЩs heart leap with
hope. Pam might have returned her call by now; by now, everyone would
realize she was missing. Maybe that Jaime at Gaian headquarters had
called the Salt Lake Police. The only choppers allowed in the air were
official ones. The police were probably hunting for her right this minute. She
strained around, trying to see, just as the racket got much louder and the
chopper suddenly appeared from behind the slope of a mountain.

It wasnтАЩt a police helicopter after all. The lettering on the side said the
church of ephrem the prophet. As she was realizing this, Lexi also realized