’ She kissed his shoulder. ‘So, what are you doing today?’ ‘I need to go through my notes for the convention speech I’m giving at TerrorCon ...ater. Then Diane wants me to get together with her and that new assistant of that she hired for me at some point today. Christ knows why she’s hired her – I can’t see why I need one.’ Andrew replied. Leah reluctantly pulled away from him. ‘I can – if you didn’t have me organising things you’d forget where your clean socks are each day.’ ‘I have clean. I was not hurt, I was not beaten up, no one hit me, no one held a gun or knife to my head, I know that everything that I did today when seen would appear as if I had not been forced, yet I had been. Carl made sure to make it look like I loved everything that I did, it was just perfect for Carl, I did exactly want he wanted me to do, I made it look as if I loved everything that I was forced to do. Clark would never believe me, now if he ever found out what I did today, I know that he would hate. By Beth (Bert?) and myself, but it was no lesspainful since I'd screwed Beth too with my frustrated toss of thependant. I'd condemned her to growing up again. And I would have tocare for her.DAMN... and double Damn!Chapter 11 - Escape to NowhereIn a stupor of melancholy and absolute depression I began packing withinterruptions to tend to Beth. When the SUV was finally loaded I was agrubby mess, but didn't want to leave. It was too hard to turn my backon even the most remote chance that the. I won’t be able to continue it after the semester ends in May. That’s the absolute latest. Look, don’t worry about it right now. I’m just getting to the point where I can make some real progress. It might go pretty quick once we can work on it all day. The end of March is still very possible. Eric and James have to come back then anyway no matter what happens. I’ll have to have someone else come down with me to take their place a couple weeks before then.”Sheryl immediately said, “I’ll do it.”I.