‘Lindie! I forgot to unlock the door down there. Would you go down and escort our subject up to 301? Leave him there in a trance for a bit till we f...nd an appropriate female subject.’ Our homely assistant nodded meekly and started to trot off, with a bit of a smile. ‘Uh, Lindie, why don’t you go ahead a bit with the induction to get him ready for our female subject? You need the practice.’ ‘Yes, Dr. Hardway.’ Lindie nodded and walked away with an absent-minded look on her face. ‘Mhhmmm…’ Jane. At least she's the one who Holly ended up dealing with. I must say that it feels decidedly odd to have them all tiptoeing around me as if I was some sort of ogre just waiting my chance to devour them. Then again I expect that they have no idea of what to expect from me or from the situation that they will be entering into. Beyond that they have lost the anchor in their lives. From the way I felt when Katy disappeared I can only begin to imagine how much worse it would be for the others in my. Doubts kept crowding Lucy's mind as she walked toward her destination. Should she call first? She wasn't even sure if Beth was home. Would Beth accept an appointment if Lucy called first? Would Beth turn her away if she just knocked on the door? These and other doubts gnawed at Lucy's mind but she knew she couldn't turn back. She just couldn't deal with what was going on in her home. When Beth answered the door she didn't seem at all surprised to see her."Please come in, Lucinda and sit down.. The home for which he worked so hard to buy was taken away from him, along with all of his other possessions, but fortunately for the family, they were given to Timothy’s mother. Timothy’s mother espoused the guiding principles of the Women’s March on Washington and was eager to accept her role as the head of the household when the laws had changed. Also fortunately for Timothy’s father, she still loved him and kept him as her subordinate male husband. Unfortunate for Timothy and his father,.