"The kitchen area was shaped as an elongated octagon, the elongated area orientated to the southeast so that the breakfast nook in that area caught th... morning sun. The ceiling of the room, like all in the house was sloped rising toward the center of the structure, and the exposed post and beam construction gave the room a rustic feel. A gable on the southeastern end opened clerestory windows toward three directions and let in an immense amount of light when the sun was still up.Bryan had. That’s the main rule.” Sam threw back his drink and ordered another. “The entrance fee is sacrifice. You have to bring someone. A partner or good friend. Someone they actually know, who’s important to them. You can’t just buy your way in.”“The numbers here aren’t exactly balanced.” Tegan observed.“As I understand it, any man here has either brought a sacrifice, or done so at a previous event.” Sam clarified. “By sacrificing you I get to participate and earn my place at future events.”“Sounds. She came out to the ranch as soon as she arrived home from the airport doing nothing more than dropping her suitcase then telling her parents that she was going to find her friends. The friend she was looking for was me, and I was out covering Brodie's work. Because Brodie knew her from her previous visits to see me he told her where I was working.Not bothering to wait for me to come in from the field, she came out and after a short greeting asked if our agreement from the spring was still. That is normal in these cases. I am not going to go to dinner with either one of you, or show up for your barbeques. You can say whatever you need to. The more you say, and the more honest you are with me and each other, the better things can be with all the above.Mrs. Brown. Would you like to start by telling us why we are here today?”I felt myself flush, then I said, “I made the stupidest mistake of my life. I cheated on my husband, but that wasn’t the worst of it.”I told the counselor, in.