." What?" Dead!" With that, she fell to the ground sobbing."Identify!" came a hushed voice in the near distance."Alpha one," Nestor called back."There...s a sap to your left, 2 metres," the voice continued."Got it."Nestor moved stealthily at the crouch until he entered the sap. Hands grabbed him and hauled him into a tunnel. Behind, he could hear the others tumbling into the position."That all of you?" the man said, and Nestor counted back. 6, yes, they were all present. "Clarke," the man. He offered his office and I accepted his offer.Jennifer went to get Stephanie and they came back a minute later. Stephanie shut the door. We all sat on the floor in the middle of the room. I looked at the two envelopes, dreading opening them, but I knew I had to.“I’m going to read her mom’s letter first, OK?”All three nodded.I carefully opened the envelope and extracted a single piece of paper.Dear Steve, Please excuse my poor English compared to my daughter. I write you because I know she. ?A fuckpig dothint need thooze or thocks.??From now on,? he said, pointing to the pink dollar-store flip-flops, decorated on each instep with a plastic yellow flower, ?you’ll wear those outside this apartment everywhere you go. It’s all you need and better than you deserve. You understand, pig???Yeth thir.?So I started wearing the flip-flops whenever I went out to run errands for Daddy Sir. I thought I was going to be given my shoes and socks to wear to work, but it wasn’t to be. I had to wear. I think it's a healthy thing for all of you. But it's just something I don't really want to watch my father doing," she said as she made her way outside.As soon as she opened the door, the adults heard a chorus of welcoming cheers, so they knew she wouldn't be alone, so David didn't worry about her, instead focusing on those near him, who represented life, the future, and a chance to bask in the love and health they all shared. First with a fairly aggressive needful coupling with Flora, then.