“Have you ever driven one?”He laughed.She looked over at him. “You’ll need to drive in Kansas City. It would be expected for the husband to dr...ve.”“This is too precious to risk me driving it,” he said. “Especially in a big city, with big city traffic.”“We must be convincing,” she said firmly.He drove from Topeka on. The car handled marvelously, and responded to his foot with more power than seemed actually necessary. It was a joy to drive, though watching her drive it had been fun too. Now she. “It’s life,” the Krampus said. “It’s not wicked or damned, it’s not hurtful nor harmful nor vexful nor scammed. A bit sweaty, I’ll grant you. Unflattering, at times. But it’s truthful and loving and —”“Enough of your rhymes!” The Krampus kicked back and laughed. Then he graced the saint with a particularly self-satisfied look and said, “Well what will you do? Take me back to my chains? Break your word and your bond and inflict on me pains? Then I’ll go back with you, if that’s your desire. My. I threw open the doors so fiercely that itmade the whole cabinet rock. Lincoln placed one hand on my upper arm,"Don't go Claire... WE need you."My hand shot into the closet, past the few items that hung there, only tocome into contact with the back panel. The horror that was happeningwashed through my mind and across my face. The breath felt as if itwere crushed from my lungs, I spun and leaned against the cabinet, oneswinging door striking me in my back."What is it Claire?" The fear in. "Sorry," the nurse said. "That's your cervix. I didn't mean to poke it." She withdrew the probe, wiggled it slightly, and pushed again. This time Emily felt another small cramp, and then a sudden pressure. A few more inches of probe disappeared inside her."There we go," said the nurse. She gave the stick a twist and pulled it slowly out."Looks like a successful implantation," the nurse said as she inspected the tip. "Whenever you're ready, you can hop down and get dressed."Emily dressed and.