”“Is that good?”“Until you teach our children to pull your finger.” We laughed and then got very quiet.“Terry? I had a strange dream last ...ight.”“Me too! We were talking to babies.”“They were talking about pain.” Blossom scrunched up her face.“I know. They also talked about them being babies. As in more than one. Twins.”“I know. Twins. We did well, but I’m scared, Terry. It was weird.”I turned on the radio and listened to the traffic report to see how bad it was going to be. It seemed that I-45. I looked through the binoculars again watching and saw that every man working had mud and their uniforms were soaking wet. Somehow they had brought all the equipment in front of me through the swamps where I knew there weren't any roads. As I watched I heard the sound that chilled the blood in my veins. DOGS!"Chung, we gotta move and do it now! They will be scouting a mile out before they settle in, and they will pick up our scent as soon as they get up here. This is the only other dry spot and. Rory walked up to the table and nodded to Robert, who wheeled over a cart on whose top was laid out an array of tools from various professions, all of which could be used in inventive ways. Ways that Rory O’Shea was intimately familiar. He once more looked at those surrounding the table from their positions dangling from meat hooks by their bound wrists. They, too, were gagged. He casually slapped the still struggling Benedicto, turning his dire gaze upon the stunned man.“I have chosen you as. There was no telling how far this girl would push if Lucinda stood passively by. If she only knew!"I don't think we have any choice but to cooperate, Mom," said Barry."Oh, I don't know," said Karen. "Maybe she wants those pictures emailed to her bosses at the bank."Lucinda shuddered. She was a loan officer at a major bank and would certainly be fired at any hint of scandal. Barry was right, of course. There was no choice but to cooperate.The defeated mother shrugged her shoulders and marched.