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live an unknown future excited her very much. She poured herself some orange juice, raised the glass in front of the mirror
    and said, “Lynn - cheers!”
    She turned on the TV. An old James Bond movie was playing. Bond hung from a rope out the window, always elegant in his suit, and as he descended from the fortress, two snipers took their positions on the roof and dear James appeared between their sights. Lynn tensed up and watched intently. One of the snipers fired, but missed 007. Lynn shook her head. He should have closed his other eye, she thought, and the distance isn’t suitable for that type of gun. I can’t believe it! How come other viewers don’t realize it? Lucky for Bond that he has such amateur enemies.
    Her throat tightened. I know about firearms... do I work as a killer? A hit woman between one shift at work and the next? God forbid! She smiled, closed her eyes, and sighed. “I may have holes in my memory... but is a murderer hiding within me?” She began to giggle, she was a woman bored with her life fantasizing about suspense movies. In bed, one last thought flashed through her mind just before falling asleep: David. I have to find David.

Chapter 2: Joe
    The Crystal Circle Laws
Length of the meeting: It could take a few minutes or a few days. In the external reality, no more than 1.2 seconds will pass.
Permitted behavior: Participants at the meeting will call upon their purest essence and express unconditional love and understanding for the soul’s plan of each participant.
Challenges: Any participant undergoing a challenging experience, who needs assistance or advice from others, will be welcomed. The goal: The objective is to experience as many shades of human existence as possible. The challenge will be received with love on the part of the challenger as well.
    06/16/2013 – First day of disappearance
    The sun peeked through the curtain and warmed his face. He silenced the alarm and got out of bed quickly to wake the girls for school and kindergarten. He smiled. The 10th anniversary party for the bank’s Migdal Haemek branch, held the day before in Tel Aviv, had been so glamorous it was practically ‘High-Society’. Michal, the client department manager, had worked hard on it. She’d taken on the party project and had succeeded beyond all expectations. Preparations for the event had caused a lot of friction between them, at the expense of their relationship at home. When he’d had to go abroad for work, there had been also frequent complaints over the phone: His parents didn’t help with the children, and her parents... but the result was amazing. Michal, his domesticated tigress, had become a woman of the world - sophisticated, cunning, and appealing with a beauty and a mystery that radiated out to her surroundings.
    The day of the event had begun with a banking conference in the convention center on the beach in Tel Aviv. Afterward, they had eaten lunch, and when the family members arrived from Migdal Haemek, they’d sat down to watch a presentation created by Michal. Later, dozens of the bank’s employees and their families were all invited for a sumptuous dinner on the roof of the Carlton Hotel, overlooking a magnificent sunset. At the cocktail reception held at the end of the speeches, Michal had been surrounded by many men, and the branch manager had complimented her on her efforts. It was very difficult for Joe to accept the branch manager’s invitation to let Michal and the rest of the staff spend the night in the hotel and enjoy a cruise the following day off the coast of Tel Aviv – an invitation he had heard about only three days before and that wasn’t extended to family members.
    “They deserve a night at the hotel,” said the manager to the family members. “After weeks of intensive effort, and without neglecting any of the branch’s activities, they outdid themselves. We’ll celebrate with some friends in the banking world of Tel Aviv. And you, our dear families,