.. I went to the bathroom and lost everything in my stomach. She stood over me and tried to help but I pushed her away and said don’t touch me. It�...s the first time in all these years I’ve ever said anything like that to her. She fled to the other room as fast as she could limp that way. When I returned, she was just staring ... I said is that all? She said I wish it was ... He looked at me and said AND? Her tears flowed freely now ... she could barely talk ... she said Robbie ... I’m pregnant.. It took great effort to turn them at anything like a good speed. Miralda had not made the task of her slaves an easier by fastening heavy iron manacles around their ankles! After about an hour, Karena had made one hundred and four turns and Zena ninety eight. The target required was one hundred and twenty. There was a moaning cry from Zena as she missed her step and hung, straining, by her arms. “Oooooh... I can’t go on... I C-CAN’T...” she wailed. “You... hhaaahhh... m-ust... must.... At the ninth hole, a short one, Ed handed Gerald a driver from his bag and said “Here. Try this and keep your head down and your eye on the ball.” Gerald followed the instructions and swung hard at the ball. He connected. The ball soared high into the air. It overshot the par 3 hole by fifty yards, and they heard it hit pavement near the trees. The private airstrip was just on the other side of those trees and all four men watched as the ball took a long high bounce and came down on one of the. Eloise reached up and pulled the cord down to unleash the ladder, disturbing long settled dust and sneezing as some landed on her. It was obvious that even her parents had not been up there for years. With careful steps she climbed the ladder entering the dimly lit and stuffy room. It was quite spacious with a high ceiling, where little streaks of light cut through the darkness from gaps in the roofing. The first thing she noticed was all the junk piled up all around the room, big piles of old.