“And there are three marked entrances.”Fender laid a paper on the ground, and everyone gathered around. Pua looked at the paper, looked around, an... then reoriented the paper.“Looks like there are two entrances from where we are, and one back where we came,” Agate commented. “We must have walked past one of them without realizing it.” Agate looked at Vennoa, but she didn’t seem to notice.“The next entrance is marked with a big X,” Fender said. “That probably means it’s not the Dwarven Fort, or. It's not so much that I didn't have the emotional capacity of a turnip. It's that so many emotions storm through a teenage boy and none of them are placid. I hated Reggie! I liked Bailey! (A Lot!) I wanted to fuck Bailey. (A Lot-Lot!) I wanted to kill Reggie. I blamed Bailey for Reggie. I felt some minor guilt towards Reggie about Bailey. I really wanted to fuck Bailey and I didn't know if she was going to come by. I hated not knowing! By the time Bailey showed up, I'd driven myself into quite. Understand?" Thefinal question was punctuated with two more cuts from the cane thatsomeone was using on her.annaleah managed to control her tears and nodded her head affirmative asbest she could. She could not recognize the whispering voice. Was itDebra? Was it someone else? What was going to happen next?She groaned as she felt someone take hold of her handcuffed wrists andraise them up toward the ceiling. This strappado position would soonbecome very painful and if left for long she knew. Quartermaine. This is yer new son."Y'all know that sayin' that all babies look the same? Well, it don't mean nothin' when it come ta my son. That wuz the mostest handsomest baby boy what ever wuz born! The lady wuz holdin' him out, but I wuz afeared ta touch him cuz I didn't want ta break him. She must of known what I wuz thinkin' cuz she said, "It's OK, ya kin hold him, he won't break."Cindy said, with a grin, "It's OK, Jeremiah. That's Mz. Hudson, the midwife. Ya kin believe what she tells.