.. uh... no... I..." Mom had company!" Bennie said, moving on from the remains of his dinner to a more satisfying glass of milk."Oh?" Don turned once ...ore to his new wife for confirmation."Yes..." Carolyn replied, desperate for an end to the conversation. "Yes, a friend... an old friend from school stopped by." The disturbed blonde glared fixedly at Tim and Bennie as she spoke.I'll kill them, she thought, I'll just break their little necks!"Mom's such a good hostess, Dad," Tim said."The best!". I drew back my hand and slapped her across her face, The figure kneeling in front of me flew left like a discarded rag doll…and landed in a heap, spread eagled on the floor a few feet from me. She lay facing right, facing me…her hands still clutching her chest, a thin stream of blood streamed from the corner of her mouth.“You bastard…” she mouthed.I took two fast steps towards her prone figure; my right foot flew out with all its force….and connected with her exposed stomach with a wet. Again the bell rang, and Leonard peeked.Then Leonard slowly backed away from the front door. Maybe Pam hadn't seen his eye in the peephole. That was what peepholes were for, right? So you wouldn't know if the person was home, a security measure.And how had she found him? On Dr. Paulvitch's advice, and his parent's pleading, Leonard had MOVED, sold the big house and actually gone to another city, to get away, just in case Pam came back…but here she was.There was the knocking again, that. As he was explaining how the satellite system worked, he suddenly received a call on his satellite phone, which like everything else in the compound ran on batteries that were charged by solar cells. The conversation that Robert had on the telephone was in Japanese, as he logged on his computer and read a Japanese headline, while Darla, who was still nude, watched over his shoulder, finished her coffee and then stepped into the toilet to relieve herself. Darla knew that her disappearance had.