"They showed me pictures of you. When I was little, Mama Brenda would tell me stories at bed-time and they were always about you coming to take me hom... one day." What happened to Brenda and Graham?" Rose asked.Donald told her the story of how he had been snatched and how he had watched as Brenda and Graham were gunned down. Rose offered up a heart-felt prayer for the woman who had looked after her son. She wished she could have met this Brenda. What kind of generous spirit must she have had to. I seemed to float in my feelingless state, then my body jerked, and Iheard a beep, , , beep, , ,beep. Stay with me girl, don't do thatagain.He was in a tunnel all I could see was straight ahead. I tried to moveand couldn't, the beeping grew faster as I tried to sit up. Then heyelled oh. "She's roughly thirteen. More importantly, she has just started her periods." This is Joseph," Jasmine said, her smile turning to anger as the boy tried escaping her grip about his wrist. "He is fourteen and is very aggressive," she added. "No doubt a few more months here will instil some obedience into him!" she said for his benefit.His cheeky grin told them he didn't think so and he looked around at them with the air of a petty thief gauging their worth."Oh, he'll do perfectly," Mrs Weldon. She looked into my eyes with a conflicted look before grabbing the back of my neck and kissing me hard. “Starting tomorrow, we are going to have to go formal almost all of the time. If I can grab a moment with you, believe me, I will. But please know they will be few and far between for now. Goodnight, Shaun, and please, don’t hurt my best friend.” She gave me that small, sad smile that broke my heart before turning and walking away before I could respond.I turned and headed to my room for the.