When the door was opened by the home owner, she was able to do a visual review of the surroundings and, seeing nothing amiss, asked the homeowner if e...erything was okay. Receiving confirmation that all was well, she thanked him for his time and left. The same ruse was used on the second occupied farmstead, with exactly the same result. Nothing was wrong, except the telephone lines were down. Of the five possible hideouts, four had been eliminated. The investigators stopped to consider the. .. human. And we all just want to die.” Tally broke down into tears and Frank automatically reached forward to hold her against his chest.“It’s alright,” he cooed into her hair. “It’s all in the past. That was over a century ago, and this world is where we live now.”He could feel that Tally had stopped crying, but she stayed where she was, hoping he would sooth her, tell her some more about everything being all right. So he did.He told her about being alive a hundred and fifty years ago, about. Closing the door softly behind her, Erin looked around the bedroom. It was almost Spartan in its neatness. There were barely any knickknacks, pictures, hell, even clothes strewn around to give the room any character. Erin picked up one picture sitting on Jeffery’s dresser, and upon closer inspection she found it was a family portrait. It was something his mom probably put there, and Erin absently began to set it down. Something in the back of Erin’s mind had her snagging the picture back up to. " Marion smiled and put her hand on his arm."Don't worry about it, Guy. A day supposedly for window shopping has turned into an adventure. As you were the catalyst that started the adventure I should be thanking you." I must insist, Marianne." He used her pseudonym. "Adventure or not I was clumsy and the reparation has to be mine." Sylvie had followed this conversation and saw that Guy was astounded by the change in Marion and he was interested in her. She also saw the warmth in Marion's eyes.