It was one of those heart stopping moment's, no one had the heart to tell Maria she was not allowed to "man the phones."

It was apparent by the tone in her voice as she half screamed.

"Tell me! where are you? where was she? is she safe?" it was only moments before Julie had the headset off the small girl and was calmly asking questions and scribbling frantically on the paper.

"Aiko? Aiko? are you there Aiko?!" Julie asked seemingly worried and getting more frantic by the minute.

"He's gone..." she said as she pressed the end call button.


Thanks for your continuing support!

Neh xxx