Mom looked worried herself as she asked, "Is it Ted? Or," Mom swallowed hard, "My husband Hank? He has a history I just learned about so I wouldn't be....." No. No, not either of them. I swear it isn't. I just can't say who it is. I'm too ashamed to tell you. At least with Lois around," Tiffany exclaimed."Why not? I bet it's your brother Stan." Lois's eyes went wide with shock at Tiffany's reaction. "It is Stan? OMG. I was just kidding. I mean I've seen how you two look at each other and how you. ." I paused and tried to come up with something then smiled and thought, 'Wedding.'The Vargon ship responded, "You can not use the same code as old one. Please provide a new pass-code."Bonnie, "I think that means you know the pass-code."So I thought, "Cancel reset" Canceled. Please provide pass-code."I thought, "Wedding." Pass-code accepted. Command and Control is transferred to the telepath named Sam. I am at your command." How do we dock with you?"The Vargon ship replied, "Accessing data. I sent a text to him on our special phone, and he responded sometime later with a date and time to expect him. That gave me a few days to work out a few ideas that could get the job done without anything pointing back at us. The Judge would be able to put together his own plans, and maybe we could find the perfect scheme to get the extremists off my back.Of everyone, Benjamin seemed the least happy to be home. He ran all over the house looking for Brian, Beth Ann, and Rebecca, but had to settle. I drove steel pegs into the floor, ignoring her whimpers, my face set into a cold smile. Kicking her feet apart, I spread her open, binding her ankles to the spikes, than lifted her once more until she rested on the petite balls of her feet. “I mean to give you a reminder of who owns your flesh, Punz.” The previous owner had left a whip coiled on one wall, the kind one might use on an unruly horse. I’d caught Rapunzel staring at it with longing more than once over the past months. Until now,.