Good luck tonight."Don shook both girls' hands and headed out of the bar."Can you believe it?" Candy gushed as they rest of Cmonster sat down with her...and Hailey."Wasn't that Axe Woodson," their bass player, Leigh Hanks asked."Yup," Hailey replied."What did he want?"Hailey looked at Candy who paled. "He wants either Candy or me or both to join Barrier Riff on their upcoming tour." Oh, wow! That's great! You two really deserve it!" Sheila Banks, the drummer said, jumping up and hugging her two. When she saw my face, she gasped."Please come in," she said. She grabbed my elbow and pulled me, glancing each way down her street. "Did anybody follow you?" No. At least, not that I noticed." Things have gotten really bad since that night. Sara's hiding out." Yeah. I was just at her place." Look –" She looked at me again and sighed. "Sara is with Madeline, staying at The Independence Hotel. Do you know where that is?"I nodded. Everyone in Boston knew the Independence, an old jail turned luxury. "Starburst," she said. "It looks like a Starburst candy." She peered at the wrapper. "Cute!" she snorted."What?" asked the man next to her.She pointed to white printing on the wrapper, a circle with a cross extending from the bottom."They put the symbol for female on it," said the woman. There were chuckles around the room and the candy was passed along so all could examine it."This is FANTASTIC!" yelped a man Bob knew had provided more than half of the money for the research. "Have these gone. She gasped out loud, god it was SO fucking sore! It felt like a knife twisting in her abdomen, waves of pain radiating out through her lower body, even as far as her thighs. She couldn't concentrate on her work, the screen was blurry and it was beginning to give her a headache.She leaned her face into her palms and concentrated on her breathing, relaxing her body until the sharp ache passed. Damn, she should have taken a pain killer, it would have been kicking in by now, she would have been.