Perhaps weshould just leave things the way they are." No!" I cried. "She'll take control again."At that moment the doctor came back into the room. "Ic...uldn't help overhearing you," the doctor said."There is another alternative. We can completelyblock off the anomaly. You can postpone the decisionto integrate or destroy indefinitely." Yes," my mom said, "that would be an agreeablealternative." I want it killed," I said."There's no need for a hasty decision," my mom said."If you still feel the. " God, I am so sorry," she said out of genuine remorse."Too late for that," uttered the guttural voice,"and the baby will soon be mine as well." Don't let him take my baby," pleaded the woman through her pain."That choice is up to you Mioki," said Christopher."Hey, what is this?" demanded Darius. "She's mine and the baby is too and, my dear Christopher, you know what that means!" One moment, Darius," said the soft male voice. Do you remember the terms of our agreement?" Of course. I said I. "We need to check my email tonight. There should be something very interesting in it." Mmm," Christine quietly moaned.With her brother and cousin both almost out of their seats trying to hear the conversation, Becky shook her head and rolled her eyes. She held up a finger and mouthed, just a second, so that the two young men would sit back. She found some scrap paper in her purse and wrote a note, which she then handed to her brother after showing it to Christine first.Adam leaned over to read. I made the assumption it was a ball gag with thick straps that ran to the back of my neck. On each side of it were other straps that went from the base strap to the center of my eyes to meet in one strap along the top and back of my head. The last one going under my chin obviously to keep me from spitting it out once I was alert again. I wonder vaguely why I had not been blindfolded as well. Surely, they would know I would tell the authorities their descriptions once I escaped. This startled.