" Hmmmp, yeah," his boss grunted. He leaned back in his padded leather chair and looked at Jim, studying him. "I’ll make the choice over the weekend...��by Monday anyway." He laid a hand between his legs on his crotch. "You’re all about the same age, worked here about the same length of time, and you’re all married. Tell me, you’ve been married, what? Three years?”"Yes, three years come next month." And, no k**s yet, right?" Not yet." Your wife, Diana—right? She’s—what, twenty-five?" She’s. A complication." Sharie spoke. "They have created an artifact that could possibly render our forces ineffective against their forces. That artifact must be destroyed." Hence my presence here," Aerick spoke."You will not be going in alone. There are three others that are finishing their training as we speak. The four of you will destroy this object." What is my part of this mission?" You will lead them to the Castile Torment. There you will assist the one who is being trained to destroy the. Her father hadn’t made it from the car to the front door and was laying on his back, looking passed out.We met Jodie as she was coming out the front door with who must have been April’s brother, as I asked, “Should I call an ambulance Ms. Bleu?”After looking down at him, than up at me, she said, “Go ahead, please? He needs some drying out.”I dialed 911, and gave them the details and the address. We heard it within two minutes, and they took him away, after his wife told them to take him to. I couldn't hear what they were saying,but their actions spoke volumns! Both boys jumped down from the table and were gone for quite a while. I was thinking about going to the computer in my den,when I saw Dana run back into the room carrying a candelabra which he placed in the middle of the table. Once again I spied on them as they climbed back onto the table,and this time I did drop my coffee cup when I realized what they were about to do! Each boy positioned himself over one of the candles.