"Escorts." Dozens of them. All dressed in black suits had surrounded Natalie's house when she and Brendan stepped out. Huge, bulky men stood on either side of their driveway all the way down to the long motorcade of familiar luxurious vehicles parked along the road. She tightly clung to Brendan as they walked past the mean looking men on their way to the parked cars. Only the two drivers that she had met on several occasions Jay and Max made her relax when they came up to them. Even though their apologetic faces also did nothing to keep her completely at ease either. And she was glad that her dad was not home at the time because everything would have just gotten more complicated. Natalie tries to suppress the hammering in her heart. With all birthday plans discarded and forgotten, she

