Finally the compression squeezed her very breath, and the exhale turned into a scream of hysteria.For the second time, Lucifer took complete control. ...ut this time his wishes reigned because of their innate rightness. Mary knew in her heart that Lucifer was her true protector.Buried deeply, Mary could hear Mother's warnings in a veiled sort of way. She fairly twittered her aghast disbelief in Mary's delivering the striking blow to Lou's head. To Mary, Mother's worried tones were an annoying. A large multicolored envelope was sitting on the coffee table in front of them. Becky pointed at the envelope. "It arrived special delivery."I sat down on the love seat and picked up the envelope. It was a standard express mail envelope. The first surprise was the address information. The return address did say "Concubine Parker owned by Sergeant Rex Morrison. Poseidonat System. Laburnum Sector." I've never heard of any of this," I said carefully."I'm still trying to figure out why they brought. I felt like a teen again and couldn't wait to give her a ride home again. The next time we worked the same shift I asked if she needed a ride home. She answered that she had her car but wouldn't mind going for a spin before she went home. The day went on forever. There was the now usual grope here and a squeeze there but it was merely prolonging the torture. I could not wait to see what was going to happen next. The day finally ended and she met me out back by my car. She looked. “Tonight? You want me to come over? Really?”“Yup. Plan on eating breakfast with me.”I could hear her let out a deep breath of relief. There was now a noticeable note of hope in her voice, something that confirmed my guess that hope had been missing for the last few days. “I guess you really do think we can make this work out?”“By my reckoning, I’m 95% there. Need to run a few minor things past you, though. I’ll be home by six?”“I’ll be there!”“I love you, Mel!”There was another squeak, then a.