Stephanie still had some other ideas, she had some plans for this part as well. When they arrived, Stephanie asked if he was going to show her around ...is house, which of course, he did. They went inside, Zane introduced Stephanie to his parents, who absolutely loved her. How could they not? Then a quick tour through the house and they ended up out by the pool. Stephanie got all excited by the pool and eagerly started shouting“OOOOH let’s go swimming!!”Zane laughed and answered back “Sure… do. "I already told you, in less than six months I'll be eighteen and beyond your authority. Then I'll move next door and live with Mark and his mother. God I hate you."Carl watched Melissa enter the house and close the door behind her. He sat in the back yard on a lawn chair and planned. He would strike back at those who were his enemies. They would all learn to fear Carl Puffin. Damn them all...Late the next morning, Saturday, Carl watched Rachel Stone run out of her house dressed in heavy jeans. The woman was gray haired and chubby and somewhere in her 60's. "I'm Nurse Shelley. You are in the veterans hospital--it was the only safe place to bring you. How do you feel?" Mistress, I am fine," Peter lied even though his stomach churned and his head throbbed."I don't like it when you lie to me, Peter," Nurse Shelly said. "I can tell by your implants that you are in pain, that you are frightened. Tell me how an indentured servant came to be fitted with bio digital implants." Mistress, I. She had become empty.She eventually became unpleasantly aware of what a miserable existence she had accepted, alive but not living. She decided to get out, into fresh air, a world where people talked and did things and had what they considered interesting lives. It was nearing 2 am but she figured she had no schedule to adhere to and went out anyway. 92 didn't live in a safe place. There was a high crime rate and a lot of drug use, and perhaps she was aware of this, maybe even motivated by it..