3 1 42nd PASS PAGES13713_01_i-vi_001-344_r4jn.qxd 4/21/03 8:03 AM Page 315T H E A N N I V E R S A R YBut beyond that was the issue of safety. Keeping Anna safe. She 1had no doubt that she, not Anna, was the killer’s ultimate target. 2Wherever she went, danger would follow. She had to keep Anna 3away. 4A whirlwind of phone calls, and just two hours later, all the 5plans were in place. Callie’s mother would fly into Boston tomor-6row and take Anna home with her. The news of Anna’s kidnap-7ping hadn’t reached the Midwestern papers, so this was the first 8time her parents had learned of their granddaughter’s ordeal. To 9Callie’s relief, they took the news with remarkable composure. 10Mainly, they seemed concerned about how Anna was coping. 11“I’m so sorry to put you through this,” Callie said earnestly. 12“Don’t be ridiculous,” her mother said briskly. “Of course we 13want to help.” 14Her mother was small, just five foot two, but her posture made 15her seem taller.
