The humiliation and theterror of being caught. The realisation that he was a spider caught inher web, and she was closing in.They ate dinner together ...hat night, the three of them crowded aroundthe small dining room table that Nathan had struggled to put together.Charlotte was more quiet that usual, and Nathan wondered if it wasbecause of the events of the night before. Thankfully Jenny kept theconversation to current affairs.Eventually Charlotte seemed to loosen up slightly, abetted perhaps. It's hard to fold up while lying on your back, but Ed managed. She then reached over and took Ed, Jr., by the balls and lifted. He screamed in pain. She shook her hand which made him cry out louder. She released her hold and he demonstrated a talent similar to his father's in folding up. I'm sure the pain helped. I checked clothes of both of them and removed their guns and a knife.Dad said, "Jack, tie them up. Those are two snakes just a rustling. We've drawn their fangs. Tie them tightly, Son,. I'm ripping right through lawschool, in big part because of how they've accommodated me atwork. I think my career has a chance to really take off, majorleague style. Eric is a dear, but he IS a firefighter, which iskind of blue collar for the spouse of an executive. It's a toughproblem all round. I still want children, Darla is probably iffyat best as a potential biological father, yet I still caredeeply for her." You know, when this all started I never thought it would getthis far and maybe. "Sure, Talith had tried to talk her out of stealing the scroll, back whenshe first brought the plan up. Lonna wasn't the sort to be stopped bymere talk, though. Maybe if he'd been willing to put up fists, thingswould have been different. Or maybe she just would have given him aproper beatdown. Lonna herself didn't know what could have been. Sheonly knew that he had failed to stop her, just like the palace guards.Intellectually it did occur to Lonna that she was being unfair; she wasthe one.