As Kay started in her position as a junior engineer, she learned that Troy had moved up from a full engineer to a senior engineer the January before s...e started her original internship. The January after she started full time, an opening near the top of the department came about and Troy was made Ben's assistant. Four years after that Ben retired and Troy was made the Engineering Department Manager. Kay still worked for him.Troy's family had made progress as well. His wife, Alice, having worked. .. fuck!!" I knocked it, and another, tothe floor.Then I found something: a binder, with a column full of numbers from oneto 200, and columns of numbers next to each one. And at the header ofthe first row: "Test Subject #".Subject 172.Test Subject 172."...I'm a God damn guinea pig," I breathed. What was it? What did thebinder say? Something about neuro-something-something-somethingresearch on the front cover, something I'd need a Ph.D. to understand.They had been using me to... test it, or. These poor things need to get dry and warm or we’ll be buryin’ them next. Now you go fetch all the towels you can find and lots of warm clothes. It don’t have to be nothin’ fancy just so long as they is dry. Go on now. Move yourself sonny!”Jared jumped to immediately and was back in no time at all with a big pile of towels and all the clothes he could carry. He dumped them all down on the sofa away from the water all over the floor then looked to Mrs Clusky for his next instruction.She just. After some time I got her free and they stopped, letting Melissa relax and massage her wrists. Anna and me took up positions on either side of her. We all lay together for a while, warm bodies up against each other."So, is this going to be a regular thing?" I asked."Not if you're thinking of tying me up again," Melissa muttered. "Shouldn't Anna be punished worse than me, anyway?" Oh, I can think of a few ways for her to make up for it," I said. "Don't worry."Anna sighed dramatically. "Oh, well..