Some days it was sheer torture lasting out the day - especially days like today. Nice warm spring day - not too hot - with everything green and growi...g, a bright blue sky and a few puffy clouds. And the students. The bitter cold of winter had faded, and the ski parkas and heavy sweaters had given way to shorts, T-shirts, and - better yet - halter tops and the occasional bikini. Outside, they frolicked in the grass, playing Frisbee, sunning, and sometimes studying.Larry Hanson sighed, for. Two other SUVs with blacked out windows received similar passengers at the loading docks where hospital supplies were delivered. Two other SUVs received three passengers at an exit identified as 'hospital personnel only'. All three sets of SUVs went in three different directions. The only difference between them was the last set, the one with three passengers, picked up a police escort within a block of the hospital."Mrs. Connors, we reached the SUV's out front safely," Max said quietly into. Not how I wanted to be introduced, but it could have been me bleeding to death. So I had no room to complain. On my way back out I stopped in the main room in the temple, knelt and prayed. I prayed for guidance and for thanks for keeping me safe, I also prayed for Sister Cynthia to make a full recovery.I stayed on my knees, basking in the glow of Kassandra's presence. My reverie was interrupted by the scurrying footsteps of the novices on various errands. I was wondering how long they would let. He opened the door on the driver's side, reached in and jerked the shifter into neutral. He stepped back as the car coasted backward and came to a rest at the bottom step of the back porch.Jesse dragged her out of the car and cradled her up in his arms. He carried her up the back steps and into the house. He shoved the door blocked by the table open. Jesse carried her through into the front room and deposited her on the couch. He hurried back through the kitchen and bolted the door shut.She.