”“Calling me Grandma doesn’t imply that you’re getting married,” she laughed. He blushed and squeezed Jenny Lynn’s hand.“I-I know, Grand...a Anna. I just-t get...” His left hand flew in signs. All the children on the ranch had been taught sign language and the adults had learned quickly to understand what was being said.“Don’t let it bother you, Drake,” Marilyn said as she gave him a squeeze and then turned to embrace her granddaughters. “All God’s children got a voice in the choir. Some sing. I was curious, I also had a littletime, and I wanted to help out. He took a folder filled with documentsfrom his desk drawer, entered my personal data, and we began to fill outa questionnaire: nothing out of the ordinary (usual medical history,for example childhood diseases, possible operations, allergies, et cetera; which sports and how much exercise I enjoyed; daily nutrition; if and which medication I took, and so on).At the completion of this he asked me to go behind the privacy curtain. ."His voice cut off with a gurgle as Alicia grabbed him by the neck, smiling at him with malicious glee before sinking her fangs deeply into his throat. Moving swiftly across the room, Arthur broke the other man's jaw with a casual backhand to forestall any potential cry for help. Grabbing a handful of hair, Arthur bent the man's head sharply to the side and then joined his fledgling in the joy of feeding.Several minutes later the men lay sprawled across their beds, their sightless eyes fixed. After a while, they suddenly came back. They eerily told me that "it wastime" and my dad held me down on my bed. I was screaming, asking what arethey doing and my mom said that they wanted a son and they are going tohave one, one way or another. I suddenly felt a prick on my back and I feltasleep.When I woke up, I realized that the entire environment has changed. My roomfor one looked so different. It had a basketball jersey hanged up on thewall with "Louie" printed on it, my drawers are all.