From where I was I couldn’t make out what she was saying but she did sound extremely concerned. It was only a couple of minutes later when she came ...nto the den. I could tell from the look on her face that something was wrong. ‘Rick, I need you to drive me to Mercy General,’ mom said. Mercy General was one of the hospitals in town. I felt a cold chill run through my body. ‘What is it mom? Is dad okay?’ ‘Yes, he’s fine. That was Mrs. Miller. Penny’s been in an accident,’ she said. A feeling of. “So you see, I’m a local boy through and through, and I love this part of the world. People here are friendly, they greet you in the street, they strike up a conversation on the bus or train. All my relatives and friends are local, and the place I now live in – this ‘village’ of Cheadle – has its own identity. So my ties here are strong. OK so far?”She nodded. She had felt the same about her neighbourhood in Vancouver.“Until recently, we’ve only accepted clients who were local – in a fifty mile. ‘Kaleb, will you…?’ ‘No problem, my Dear. Let me get my clothes and I will leave you to get ready for the day.’ I hear him getting his clothes back on and then I hear his footsteps as he leaves the room. Once the door is closed, I turn on the lights and go through the few articles of clothing that I have brought along with me. Packed inside are a few brightly colored scarves that are long enough to completely cover my face and arms. I am so glad that I had one of the ladies at the lab show me. He could have guessed by looking at the blueprints, but this exceeded his expectations. He was glad he assembled it in the attic, as this would have been impossible to hide on any other floor of the house. The machine itself was really just a monitor and a keyboard, but it was all the external machinery that made it a hefty son-of-a-bitch. Which only made sense; after all, reality-altering software isn't going to fit on a standard harddrive.Stewart started by making the obvious changes to.