Then Jerry used both hands and pushed him as hard as he could into the wall. Chris's head hit the wall side-on, and everything went black."Chris!"Vagu...ly he heard a voice calling his name. Why?"I think he's unconscious!" Nearly, I think. Chris!"A face appeared in his vision. "Chris, are you okay?" Huh?"Some hands lifted Chris off the ground, and he tried to stand, though parts of his body didn't seem very interested in the notion. He didn't seem to be thinking right, though he knew that he was. I'm here to ask a couple of questions." Shoot!" You and Sheryl will end up in Sheryl's family's house. I know she'll never leave the house where her father, grandfather, and great grandfather began practicing medicine in this area. You and Sheryl already have a home to go to. I put Gene into your group, and he and Maude are set. Seven of the other guys are moving toward permanent relationships, and will want a better place to live than the trailers you're in now. Do you think they would want to. All my senses are on high alert. The door closes but this time I hear shoes moving across the hardwood floors. The hallway is long and it takes a minute for a figure to appear in my periphery approaching the bedroom door. A shot of sheer terror runs through me and for once I am more frightened than I am eager. The figure is slight and of a smaller frame. From my restricted viewing angle, I believe it is a woman. This helps me feel less concerned. As the figure moves closer, I can confirm that. ” She handed back the mask. When Andromeda plucked it from her, Otrera started breathing again; she hadn’t noticed she’d stopped.“Then maybe I’m a little naive. I saved your life, and I’m the only means you have of getting what you want. Would you betray me?” Smiling, Andromeda walked back over to the large rock, and set the mask down upon it. “And besides, we are both victims of fate. I understand your plight more than you know.”“More than I know because you won’t tell me,” Otrera said, and.