The journey was long and Maddy felt the temperature in the van get more and more uncomfortable.  She couldnt get comfortable, the floor of the van was hard and she felt every bump in the road.  She felt awful for her outburst, she had lost it, the fear, the worry, everything just hit her and she knew she had a lot to make up for.  She felt responsible for the girls being here. She should have said to Cassie not to come in.  And told Toni to stay away.  But she wasnt to know this was going to happen.  She wasnt to know some idiots would pick her quiet town bank to rob.  She still couldnt beleive it.  And with that extra money.  She wouldnt have a job when this was over....she froze, what was going to happen to them?  She had an awful feeling they were never going to be let go.  They had seen them, they could recognise them.<br/><br/>She closed her eyes, pushing those thoughts away.  They had to stay focused.  She had to remain in control, she couldnt afford another melt down.  She had to be strong for the girls.  She caught Cassie's mouthing of the words and Maddy smiled back, nodding, Cass would know what that meant.  She would understand it.<br/><br/>Toni had been quiet and dazed most of the journey.  She had cried a time or two.  She was the youngest.  She had been hit pretty hard and her head had hurt for a long time.  She had laid thinkig about her future.  All her dreams had been torn to shreds in a matter of hours.  She would not got to college, not get married, have a family.  She might not even make the next few days.  Toni knew it was about each day, each hour.  Surviving another few minutes.<br/><br/>She shuffled a little, trying to get comfortable, her body ached, her mind was in turmoil.  She wasnt sure what to think, what to expect.  She wanted to just sit and cry and beg them to let her go.  But she knew that wouldnt work.  Their notion of letting her go was a bullet in the brain.  She cried quietly, managed to sleep a little. She even said a quiet prayer.<br/><br/>Then the van stopped.....they had arrived..