“I know what you are, you’re the town whore,” James shouted at her. “I refuse to let you rub that shit in my face, you little bitch,” He con...inued his rant. Tabi felt warm tears well up in her eyes and run down her cheeks. “Oh my God, he’s going to kill me,” she thought to herself. “You’ve got this coming to you young lady,” he said in a matter of fact tone. Shaking her head to clear the fog she heard the last part of his ravings clearly. Like a lightning bolt from the past Tabitha remembered. " I don't understand," Nathan queried, "I thought that Raymond was the oldest." He's the oldest of the children by the current marriage. He has a half-sister. Raymond's father had a daughter before his marriage to Shirley." Sound's promising!" Ed exclaimed. "Does she live in town?" She works in this school—it's Tracey Jacobs," Henry revealed."No kidding!" Nathan exclaimed. "I never put it together." Tracey knows that James is tutoring Raymond. I mentioned it to her. She was happy to hear it,. “There you go, you old goat!” “ You’re calling who old?” the cook laughed. The woman touched Bonnie on her forearm. “You have a nice day, dear. Drive carefully,” she said. She waved to the cook. “See you, Sweet-pea!” Bonnie waved to the couple as they left and chuckled to herself, “Sweet-pea?” She settled into her stool at the dining-counter. It was well-past lunch time and she hadn’t realized how hungry she was while she was driving. It felt good to get something hearty into her belly other. Jason lay on his bed, brooding. Darkness slowly settled on the room as the sun went down, until the computer monitor was the brightest light in the room.He had his internet back. He never put the modem back in his mother's dresser after he had used it earlier in the week. When his mother had tried to take it back, he had pushed at her with the power and forced her to relent. He had control of her for no more than a minute, just long enough to make her change her mind. When he had released her,.