"Don't worry about Troy, he is used to it. By the way I'm David." I'm Mary and these are Emily and Kirk." Mary made the introductions to David.The twi...s drank their apple cider and commented how good it was. Mary sipped at her drink and she nodded her head. It was very good. It tasted fresh.David started to tell Mary about the history of the house as she continued to drink her apple cider. She was right about the age. The house is over two hundred years old. It was built during the Civil War.A. I didn’t respond. “Rebecca.” He warned with an evil dawn in his eyes. “I can’t sing.” I said lamely. It was a lie I was an exceptional singer but he didn’t have to know that. “I have lived for 1,637 years. I can tell when someone is lying to me.” He said lifting my chin. “And Rebecca, you are a terrible liar.” Too quickly his hand moved and slapped me across the face. I fell to the ground in a sharp white pain and raised my hand to my stinging cheek. It was unexpected and hurt worse than it. I move to one of the chairs and sit down.Time passes, and I wonder what is going to happen to me. I have never used drugs, I have never even seen drugs before, or known anyone who uses them. I can’t believe it, they must be wrong. It seems like an eternity, but the officer, who searched my bag, enters the room. Walking to me, roughly he pulls me up, until I am standing in front of him. My hands cuffed behind my back, pushing my breasts out, and making me look submissive, with the posture I am. They did have the Brotherhood of the Stars as a related organization, but both organizations elected their own leaders, had separate services, etcetera.They did NOT actively proselytize amongst other religions. Even the offspring of two members of the Brotherhood/Sisterhood were not considered active members of the church. Their core view was that one should come to the Church of their own desire to be part of something greater, and the surest way to make people turn away was to aggressively.