She would follow Lisa to work in the morning and look things over. I was going in to our office and try to get more consulting work going.In the morni...g, we all departed. I went in and found Pam arriving as I did. I greeted her and we went inside. It was ten when Lisa called. She said, “I have news, good news.”“That’s great. What’s happening?”She said, “I had forgotten that my mother almost finished college as an engineer. She is going to make money here. That’s really not a surprise. There was. Leslie makes sure the house is clear before we bring the dress in, and we store it in her room for now. Part of her room looks like a professional movie studio with lighting, cameras, and backdrop. My mind fills with thoughts of being in front of them, streaming and recording me for whoever wants to see.“That’ll keep it safe until your big day,” Leslie says with a smile.“Thanks,” I say, but my attention is still distracted by the cameras.I hear my cell ringing, which brings me back to reality,. He might know nothing about how to fight with a knife, but he could get lucky. I was not going to take a chance with him. I approached cautiously, and the man foolishly backed up until he was trapped in a corner. With no way to go except straight at me, the man began to cry. Uh-oh, that probably meant that the man had given up hope and was easily capable of doing any number of foolish things.I slammed the end of the rebar down on the man’s wrist holding the knife. I am not sure what had me. I felt fortunate that my friend Linda had used her influence to get me to the front of the list and I had only waited two weeks to receive my invitation to attend a Committee Conference, as it was called.You may be wondering what we were all doing there, and why we were so eager to meet with the Committee. As members of this huge Church, we all wanted to be regarded as full Sisters in the Congregation, but many of us, such as myself, had a drawback to receiving full Sisterhood. We had no.