Mechanically, almost as if she were a little puppet attached to a group of strings, LouAnn froze in place. All the happy thoughts she'd previously been smiling about escaped her, and only one thought played over and over in her mind. Her hand moved inside her pocket and felt the drawstring bag that had been weighing her pockets down for weeks. Later, she'd cry about the headache this would cause, but for now, she knew where she needed to be...and it wasn't here.