Rose fell asleep on the sofa some time while watching Spooky play. He was kinda cute.... longish black fur, one orange eye and one green eye, silver whiskers and a wet black nose. A true Halloween kind of a cat. When Spooky became tired, he curled up right next to his owner then purred until he fell asleep.<br/><br/>A few hours later, Rose woke up to the ringing of the phone. She could barely talk but she knew it would be the library calling to check on her.<br/>She spoke softly to say that she was ill, which was true tho not because of laryngitis as she claimed to have. She was sick to know that someone wanted her dead. She next called a locksmith to come out to install a new lock. One with a dead bolt and a device that would sound if someone would happen to try to open the door. Next she called several security places for prices on a security system.<br/><br/>After she hung up from all of the calls she made, she tried to think who would benefit most from herself being dead...... Rose made some cream of chicken soup for lunch. While it was warming up in the micro, she went to her closet and opened the safe. She took out a thick manilla folder. She had no other items in the safe. She went back to the kitchen to reread the newspaper articles while she ate. Spooky wanted to play so she threw a string while reading. After a while Spooky got tired of the string and went off to chase the ball around.<br/><br/>With a heavy sigh, Rose got a note book to make some notes.<br/><br/>1) Dickenson is still in jail as far as she knew.<br/>2) Rogers was possibly out on parole but he was just a victim of circumstance and just a misguided teen.<br/>3) She was now in a new state, over a 1000 miles away.<br/>4) She had not contacted anyone since she was put in Witness Protection- not even her own family.<br/>5) Her name had been changed as well as her social security number.<br/>6) She does a completely different job than before.<br/>7) She did get that special fund for her personal use from the case. Who would benefit from her being dead that knew about the fund? She only used it for certain things and none of it was used on herself.<br/>8) She did not know what happened to that family she was protecting at that time. Would they want her dead? The children might not understand but yet they were minors, the oldest was around 13. The younger generation can figure out things and come out with the wrong answer.<br/>9) The little girl....... her own little baby that came out of the entire mess. Where was she? She would be 3 next week.......<br/><br/>She sat down on the sofa and cried her heart out. Spooky jumped up and rubbed against her arm trying to sooth his owner. Rose finally was calmed down and began to pet Spooky.<br/>"Spooky, what am I to do? It is so confusing why I am getting a package. No one knows where I am from or what I once was. I have not told anyone anything. None of the family knows or my old friends. What am I to do? A black cat is suppose to bring bad luck so is it because I kinda adopted you? I am not normally superstitious."<br/><br/>The afternoon was getting late when there was a knock on the door. The locksmith apologized for being so late. He showed Rose several door security bars which she decided to get one. Rose felt much better and safer now. Except for the window...... she began to wonder when the window repairman was going to be there. She should have gotten the man's name or just hired someone herself. Now it was too late to call a window repair person.