“Get the fuck out of there and come home with us, Melinda. We’re going to blast our way in and kill whoever convinced you to come here if you don�...�t come out. Now get out here, you scaggy bitch.”The pounding on the door continued and I pulled my Mossberg 500 from the hall closet and stuffed five magnum buckshot rounds into the magazine. I jacked a round in and put in another shell.I said to Mel who was shaking, “Get the girls on the floor so that there’s less chance that a bullet can get. That's also good because it means we can leave more of our stuff there over the summer because Rory will be living there." Thank goodness for that! I was worrying about how much we could carry; I thought that I'd have to send a box of stuff home by Red Star, and I didn't fancy lugging it down to the station." Is Rory going to be taking over running your pools entry as well?"Fred snorted."The jury is out on that. Okay, so Chris DID pick seven score draws a few weeks ago – sadly, most of the rest. Sian sensed myempathy and pulled a wry smile."It's their loss in the end. They've never met my son Martin and he'stheir only grandson. Both my sisters had daughters then hysterectomiesafter cancer. I suppose it's a genetic thing. My parents keep asking meto let Martin see them but I won't risk it. They'd probably try and wincustody of him or something and heaven knows what lies they'd tell him.They'd never win, but I just can't face another round of courts andstuff." You should consider. Um ... will Amelia have ... ah ... normal feelings ... normal sensation ... will she be able to feel arousal like normal?”“Oh dear, I should have addressed that. I think too clinically at times. When we finally repair the damaged nerve, I’m virtually certain that Amelia will have normal feelings or close to them. I’ve treated a few FGM victims to date, girls with worse mutilations, and have been able to restore at least some sensory function with significantly reduced pain, so in Amelia’s case.