"So, you're Mom's new boyfriend. What do I call you?" Trevor finally added his two cents. He was truly curious as to what kind of man would date his m...ther. She was pretty, he knew, but she hadn't very much and none of the dates had resulted in a boyfriend-girlfriend situation."Dan is fine. My last name's von Greiner, but Mr. von Greiner is just too stiff and formal. I'm not out to take your dad's place. I'm just here to love your mother and take care of you guys," Dan answered his future. She screamed four more times, hearing the echo of the lash and her own screams, in whatever space she was in. She was then lowered back down and waited, crying with pain and confusion as the pails were replaced. The ceiling closed again, with that sickening crunch of concrete sliding on concrete. She assumed the ceiling opened once a day but she had no idea. The next day she was hoisted up again and lashed to tears, without a single word from her jailers. On the third day she was. You think you’ll find the kiddies in here??Tracey left the kitchen. ?What an asshole? she thought. ?I am glad I don’t work for him. For a split second she felt a little bad for the kitchen boys.The evening was growing cloudy and there where no kids swimming. Tracey walked over to the dining hall windows where they were starting up the auction and she couldn’t see any children inside either. She could see that there was a large table in the center of the dining hall and that they were bringing. It will look better on his resume if his command is unbroken, and he will be at his fifth and final gate for promotion to CL-11 next year.CL-11, I can hardly believe it for myself. My Lion rides are moving me through life so fast! Was I a naive child less than a year ago? It seems impossible.After his blessing, the Priest had turned the Hour of Repose into a Prayer of quiet meditation, setting us free to consider our lives in peace as the train chugged the last of its journey home. My fingers.