Brain function appeared to have gone back to normal. The interruption to blood flow had disappeared, and blood was flowing as it should. The doctors w...re satisfied that all was as it should be, at this stage.The next task was to bring the patient back to consciousness, to find out what damage, if any, there was to motor function. He was whisked out of the scanner and taken to a surgical recovery room, where the tests could be done in private.Mr Craven was slowly brought back to consciousness,. Edward came up to me and put his hand on my arm, and I looked up into his warm, calm eyes. ‘I’ve never seen him do anything even remotely like that before,’ he said ‘I’m beginning to suspect that you’re in his pack now. I just didn’t know he felt that strongly about protecting his own, but you live and you learn.’ I shook my head and smiled weakly down at the now happy dog. I could see the need for him to protect me against my husband, but the always friendly Josh? I thought about it for a few. ‘Mom! I’ll be right there. Go up to the upstairs room and lock yourself in it. Don’t come out until I tell you to.’ I hung up and jumped on my bike. I never took the car out to the lake ’cause it was so close and I liked the exercise. I pedaled as hard as I could. I did everything I could to get home faster, took short cuts, back roads, everything. I called the police and told them to get to my house. I didn’t think it was something that big, hopefully it was just someone snooping around for an. I told her that she needed to show love to us and receive love from all of us, and that would take time, IF EVER IT HAPPENED. I emphasised that proviso for her.”“Go on,” Frances urged.“I explained that as we were a group marriage, we all had to be happy with her; just one objection was enough to cancel her application. I also pointed out that she should be prepared to have Reg’s children. I ended up asking if her family would be prepared to put some cash towards helping the marriage to pay for.