To me it seemed like every short man who could wear black pajamas was out there looking for us. I hadn't seen this many VC patrols in months. I could ...ee a rise of what looked like dry land to our rear so I signaled for us to move that way quietly. We made it but the hillock wasn't dry, but the marshy ground felt better that the prune I was turning into sitting up to my neck in stagnant water.We carefully crawled to the back and pulled ourselves out of the water. I could hear Jenkins teeth. The dinner conversation ranged from how Bobbi was doing in school, to how both of them were doing since the loss of Fred, Bobbi's father and Tara's husband of eighteen years. It had been almost a year since his passing, and while Bobbi seemed to be getting along just fine, her mother on the other hand, still hurt deeply from her loss. Seeing as how her mother was getting a little misty eyed, Bobbi steered the conversation back to her school activities, and Tara immediately seemed to perk back. It was not unusual, the guy is a control freak so I didn’t think anything of it.“Thank you for making it in time, we have a bit of an issue.”, Leon said as soon as he saw me.Together we walked to yet another hidden door and got into a room with a lot of monitors and five men watching cameras. He clicked on one and I recognized the room right away. It was the room with Tarza. I knew there were cameras everywhere even when you didn’t see them. Clearly I hadn’t seen this one. This one looked like. She should be along later", Master said, to my surprise. "Great! Well, you know, we cater to every taste. And speaking of taste, let's get a look at the morsels for tonight!" Master had us both stand. He introduced us: "Joe, this is Kathryn, and this is sweet Ricki!" Joe kissed our hands, "Nice to meet you, ladies. I'm sure it will be fun, at least for some of us it will", he said with a somewhat wicked laugh. Master said, "Well, tonight may be their swan song. Like with Rebecca, I'm giving.