Silently, the tortured priest sought the strength to resist, to defeat his evil inclinations.Sister Susan sat nervously in the small anteroom outside ...ather Murphy's office, dreading that she had to make her confession today to Father Murphy. Confessing to Father O'Brien was bad enough but at least he went away after so she didn't have to see him in the convent. And she'd never done anything as bad as what she had to confess to him today.How had she got in this situation? At Saint Vincent's. You are all here because you have been selected as pledges to join our fraternity. Pledging our fraternity is a five month process. You will follow our every command, and you will be raised to our standard. Now is your only chance to opt out. You may stand up now and leave, but you will be banished forever from our property. If you stay, you will not be given another chance to quit this process. Quitting after tonight will result in severe consequences. Pledges, please stand now if you would. But not much beyond that. Tanya hoped that they would have some space to just hangout. She was determined to become friends with Shirley. It just seemed rude not to be after what had happened.In the morning, her mother was still sleeping when Tanya was ready to head out. Her father was happy to drop her off. She had made sure to write the address and phone number for Shirley’s home on the whiteboard in the kitchen. Her parents had started that requirement when Tanya’s older sister had first. That’s what I was told when I was five, and my parents never lied to me.”Kelly rolled her eyes and pulled some hamburgers out of the freezer to thaw.It was back to normal with the kids and the dog and everything else. Sunday afternoon the weather was warm and dry, just beautiful, and Kelly and I found ourselves sitting out on the porch drinking iced tea. “What do you think about the offer?”“Miles & Madigan?” Kelly nodded. “I don’t know, babe, I just don’t know. I mean I think I can do the job..