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Chapter 14 - End of Discussion

"In the latter years Anna Alexyevna took to going away for frequent visits to her mother or to her sister; she began to suffer from low spirits, she began to recognize that her life was spoilt and unsatisfied, and at times she did not care to see her husband nor her children. She was already

being treated for neurasthenia.

"We were silent and still silent, and in the presence of outsiders she displayed a strange irritation in regard to me; whatever I talked about, she l disagreed with me, and if I hadan argument she sided with my opponent. If I dropped anything, she would say coldly:

" 'I congratulate you.'

"If I forgot to take the opera-glass when we were going to the theatre, she would say afterwards:

" 'I knew you would forget it.'

"Luckily or unluckily, there is nothing in our lives that does not end sooner or later. The time of parting came, as Luganovitch was appointed president in one of the western provinces. They had to sell their furniture, their horses, their summer villa. When they drove out to the villa, and afterwards looked back as they were going away, to look for the last time at the garden, at the green roof, every one was sad, and I realized that I had to say goodbye not only to the villa. It was arranged that at the end of Augustwe should see Anna Alexyevna off to the Crimea, where the doctors were sending her, and that a little later Luganovitch and the children would set off for the western province.

"We were a great crowd to see Anna Alexyevna off. When she had said good-bye to her husband and her children and there was only a minute left before the third bell, I ran into her compartment to put a basket, which she had almost forgotten, on the rack, and I had to say good-bye. When our eyes met in the compartment our spiritual fortitude deserted us both; I took her in my arms, she pressed her face to my breast, and tears

flowed from her eyes. Kissing her face, her shoulders, her hands wet with tears oh, how unhappy we were! I confessed my love for her, and with a burning pain in my heart I realized how unnecessary, how petty, and how deceptive all that had hindered us from loving was. I understood that when you love you must either, in your reasonings about that love, start from what is highest, from what is more important than happiness or unhappiness, sin or virtue in their accepted meaning, or you must not reason at all.

"I kissed her for the last time, pressed her hand, and parted for ever. The train had already started. I went into the next compartment it was empty and until I reached the next station I sat there crying. Then I walked home to Sofino. . . ."

While Alehin was telling his story, there was huge noise and screaming all over the school building, people moved from their position and ran for their dear lives, but unfortunately, there was no where to run to, it was a kidnapper raid, a very short visit, to kidnap Jimmy Johns, but it wasn't successful, it all happened so fast.

They fired as many bullet they had to the air to create awareness, and since they couldn't find their main target since they had a whole lot of crowd running for their lives, they took Principal Hopkinson in no time, it was all arranged by Fred Meyer, after left off and the sun came out. Jimmy and Vera Morrison stood at the balcony the Principal uses to address the student as they saw police approaching on late arrival. Jimmy Johns was pissed to see the Police of course, on the late arrival, he was in the next class, close to Principal Hopkinson office during the kidnap, just a staircase that demarcates the class to the Principal Office, so he was urged to write a statement, which he wrote everything honestly, he knew and also heard the kidnappers were looking for him. But he tried so hard to convince and prove this point which landed him at the station for further interrogation, Jimmy also did this so he could see and have conversation with his mum Mrs. Jane Johns which had been locked for a very long time but things went other ways.

Before the whole situation at school, Inspector Tommy Hughes received a call from Fred Meyer in the identity of the kidnapper, as he called the inspector with a private untraceable number, they had a long conversation as the Hacker was trying to get the exact the location:

Phone Conversation:

Kidnapper: Hey! Yo!

Inspector Tommy: Hello?, Please who's on the line

Kidnapper: Haa, you forget things easily (laughing loudly)

Inspector Tommy: You again?! I'll make sure you pay for every pain you caused as soon as I get my hands on you!

Kidnapper: What do you mean? That sounds like a mice trying to laugh, that what you sound like right now

Inspector Tommy: Stop playing games and surrender or else I'll come find you

Kidnapper: Yo! Fam, About the games you mentioned, you started it but I'm the best in the game

Inspector Tommy: You have no clue of how angry I'm right now

Kidnapper: Wow! Tell me about it, and you're also looking furious, never mind, that's just a mind game, you only have a fake hostage over there while I have the only that could make me money, I'll make you take a look, you're doubting me right now, but do your research, Okay?! You only have a time bomb that I decorated so well, I guess you're the one to do the surrender Inspector!

Inspector Tommy: No, that can't be true!

Kidnapper: I know you'll be excited to see me, don't worry I'll come pick you up, just save the date and please use the red button cause you won't get the location, you'll just have to travel to Argentina to trace me (laughing sarcastically)

Inspector Tommy Hughes Ended the call furiously

Call Ended.