"No, I don't read minds, but I can see ahead to what you would say. Inmany ways it looks similar to mind reading, but usually more accurate."I smiled....Can you read mi..minds?" What have you gotten yourself into, Rena? Why, only the mostchallenging, implausible venture you've ever dreamed..and then some!This is your chance of a lifetime." What have I gotten..?" She started to say, but stopped and lookedangrily at me."Yes, I'll stop, M'lady." I smiled deviously."Will you please..uuurrrrgh!" Rena. Now that they aware of her, if she retreated they could easily shoot her as she fled. "They're sent by God to punish the unholy. We've been warning people for years they were inviting divine retribution with all their talk of deviant rights, single motherhood and throwing God and family out of their lives. The plagues continue only because of the sinners who haven't died yet." I take it you're the arbiters of who's worthy of living or dying?" Monique had switched her pistol from its apparent. ” Charles smiled. “Speaking of which, we could do with a bit of good news. Would you be up for doing a fluff piece on the fight for the media? I’d really appreciate it.”“Sure, I’d be happy to help out.” John agreed accommodatingly. “I was mainly calling about Commander Rupert Grant though. Have you executed him for treason yet?”“I’m afraid not John. I ordered his arrest immediately after you gave me the information, but he had already fled.” Charles said in annoyance.“I’ve had data teams. ’ ‘And where I come from, we call it snobbery,’ Vic shot back. He had meant it teasingly, but it came out harsh and mean. They finished there meal in silence, shooting each other ugly looks now and then over their plates. Katherine finished her dinner and washed her own dishes. Then she went back upstairs to be alone. Once in her aunts room, she realized that she could never sleep here. This seemed to her to be her aunts sacred space. A space she did not feel comfortable invading. And yet there.