" That's enough seriosity," he said. "I want some more of your Scotch, then I want to go get some sleep before we get really maudlin."I laughed. "You'...e on!"When I got to the church with Doug, I was in for a surprise. Linda had rounded up nine colleagues I'd worked with at various times – six female, three male – and asked if I minded having a few more added to the meal after the ceremony."I had a word with Helen," she said, with a dimpled smile, "and she doesn't mind at all; there are three of. We had come up with at least fifty ideas for a business that we as a family could do, with the powers that we had. I checked again with Voice, to see if I had to have a full name to find someone, as one of the ideas was to find missing persons, and/or things. We thought that psychometrics could be used for that. Missing persons should be easy, if the person knew their own name, and had not been brainwashed into thinking it was something else. However, Voice said that unless we were talking. The serene setting inside the church was the mirrored opposite of the chaos churning inside her head.She'd stumbled across a sight that had drawn her out her mental confusion. At her feet was a grasshopper, struggling to free itself from a spider's web. She watched the parroting of her own feelings play out on nature's stage.She smiled, recognizing the similarities to her life. She noticed her wedding gown had intricate patterns common with spider lace. A web of her own choosing! She watched. Tess raised him up, but there was no exit wound in his back.Moving him must have awakened him, because Bob's eyes came open and he saw Becky. As hurt as he was, he still smiled when he saw her."Becky, listen to me," he said. "I'm not going to make it." Oh, Bob!" Becky wailed."Listen. When I'm gone, I want you to go with Jase and his family. They'll take care of you and Della." Bob..." Becky started."You know what my family is like. Just promise me you'll do it, Becky." I promise, Bob. I love.