You remember that talk we had about boys and sex?” The little girl blushed and said, “Yes”. “well, honey, it’s time you see what mommy was t...lking about. You’re going to become a big girl today.” The little girl looked troubled and started to protest. “Shush!” The woman said. Do as mommy says and don’t talk back. The girl nodded slowly and the two followed me into the back room.The woman got to her knees in front of her daughter and began explaining what was going to happen. “Mommy has decided. I took them to HoJo's to fill their bellies. She was sweet and shy and desperately in love with him. He was proud and worried and equally in love with her. I couldn't afford an assistant like Mica then, but I knew I could one day and men like Mica don't come along very often. They moved into my townhouse that night and lived with me until the baby was four months old. Then I could afford to pay him enough to get his own place. He's been with me ever since.Mica and Bigun are like night and day.. Taylor pulled out a map and folded it so he could see North Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He put a pin in each place something had happened. Stepping back, it still made no sense.“I don’t get what their end game is. This is making no sense. They aren’t going for the body count. The armory was at night, the post office was before it opened, and the IRS office was in the middle of the night! That can’t be a coincidence.”“Can’t be?”“But, don’t they have ... I don’t know, some kind of plan or goal?. They appear to be talking, smiling and laughing, but that could all just be the calm before the storm. Perhaps Anthe decided she couldn’t be silent about it anymore. Maybe that is why Harper hasn’t seen her since that night. Harper’s world didn’t come crashing down then, but it most certainly is now. She thought she was safe, but the girl was planning her revenge, waiting for the opportune time to strike.“Miss Lillis?” Loraine asks.“Are you still with us, Harper?” Jonathan probes.Harper spins.