Life was good. And life was good especially for Rachel. While the other girls chatted idly away, she couldn’t help but simultaneously marvel and swa...low cold chills at just how perfect everything was. She was sitting on a beautiful beach with five good friends while nary a care in the world weighed on her shoulders. She sighed blissfully as she adjusted her gaze to fall across the girls lined up in their chairs beside her. They were all on the field hockey team together and it was completely. Youre back from the USA? Yep. I just got back this morning. Hello, George. What are you two doing together? Phil is away on a business trip. Susan and I are having a bit of fun together, while hes away. I think my husband has girlfriends in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, and Adelaide, and who knows where else. Susan said, I hope that you wont tell him about seeing us together. There may be a price for my silence. Well discuss that later. Sally! These are two of my work mates, Susan and George.. He glanced at her, alarmed. "What's wrong, baby?"Sandra blinked once, slowly, her eyes raising to his. They were wary, filled with dread. "Did you say your ex's name was Dierdre?" she asked, her voice low."Uh... yeah. Dierdre Santos. Do you know her?" he responded, puzzled.She ignored the question, her brow furrowed. "When was the baby born, do you remember?" Oh, ahhh... early December, I think. Maybe... '85?" he murmured, trying to remember the date. He remembered it had been snowing.Sandra. All one had to do to prove it was a real phenomenon was compare any photograph of a large group of human beings from before that day with any taken thereafter.T.H.A.H.E.W. rolled over the earth in sync with its rotation, passing through solids, liquids, and gasses with equal ease. It stretched all the way to the north pole but for reasons, no one has been able to explain didn't pass below the 110th southern parallel. Everyone it touched transformed into a half-human/half-animal "furry". Bodies,.