I’m getting scared. Did one of the governments find me and learn a way to keep me from escaping? I need to burn out the implant.I tried to do that t...o, but I couldn’t.“Please stop trying to fight it, David. It is taking all we have to keep you like this,” a voice said into my brain. “Relax. You’ve always trusted us. Just a little longer, please.”I’m scared.“Don’t be. You are safe. No one can get to you here.”I quit counting how many times I woke up and went back to sleep.“David,” a person said. I am angry with myself and with her. Yes, we had appreciated what we had then, but not enough. As was typical of the young and stupid, we simply lived in the moment and never realized that life wasn’t always going to be that good or that simple, that time marches on, and that the only thing constant in our lives would be change. We had mistakenly believed that slow dances, cold beer, and hot sex on a summer night could sustain us indefinitely. I turned off the TV, tossed the empty pretzel bag. "I'll be fine. I'll be right down. And thanks again." Turning back to the mirror, she fixed her eyes on her reflection. "I can't believe it." See you downstairs then," said Chelsea, taking Kendra's arm."You've got five minutes," Kendra said as they hustled out.Elaine closed her door and carefully laid the dress on her bed. Sinking to her knees, from under the bed she pulled out her overnight bag. It was mostly packed. In moments she'd added her toys and her folder and notes and two textbooks to. “And two,” she jabbed her thumb over her shoulder as she glared at her sibling. “Can someone tell our cousin to stop being a damn pervert, for once in his life?”A nerdy-looking blond boy caught himself and moved his gaze away from his cousin’s tight, jean-clad ass, having the decency to look guilty as the other three turned to him. While Madison and Kevin snickered, Kieran just let out a sigh.“Keys?” Athena Bishop, the green-eyed girl, haughtily held her hand up to Kieran, her twin brother. He.