Meet Me at the Arbor

Tamara looked from Dr. Ponder to her grandmother, Ann Lincoln Carter. She said, "When I got to the arbor at the church, no one was there so I sat down on the bench to wait. I don't know how but suddenly someone put a hood over my head. I couldn't see. A voice asked me if I had brought the note and I was scared so I said yes but I hadn't." Tamara gulped a few times fighting back tears as she remembered each detail. She continued shuddering, "I was led by two people. I could smell aftershave but they didn't speak. A hoarse voice finally said, 'Watch your step going down ten.' I was kept from falling by them but I remember the smell of dirt, musky dampness, grime and smoke. I was forced on a bench and they handcuffed my arms to something on each side. I was lying in the darkness as the hood still covered my head."