"Why the hell did you go into all that," Simpson asked as we waited in the small room. Mrs Smothers was a little late it seemed."Simpson, I was taught...that no fact is immaterial in an investigation. Did you know something had changed the month before this happened. Something serious enough for the county to change the child's benefits?" I asked."No, but it probably means nothing. We will find out though just for you," he answered."That's a good plan," I said that about thirty seconds before the. Tim raised his glass a called for a toast. Mary and I raised our glasses and Tim said, “Here’s to cum family, may our friendship and love grow.” Mary said “Yes”, Tim said “Yes”, and I chimed in with “Yes”. We threw back the shots and felt the fire in our mouths and throats followed by the warming in our bellies. I gathered up the glasses and set them down on the nightstand. I turned and Tim was behind Mary, his arms wrapped around her hips.Mary patted the bed beside her, I slipped into bed and. .. but ... now that they know that Zax is Miss Zetsa’s little brother, maybe nobody will mess with our group”. Merly did not have the same level of sharpness and adulation as Zushi or the confidence to look at his friends’ eyes as he made up the excuse.“They can still follow us and grab the Earth’s Cores on our path before we do. Do you think Miss Zetsa is the kind of person to threaten children if that’ll happen?” Dane said.“But they don’t know-”“Yeah, I’ll bet some of them will be willing to. Icarefully go down stairs. One ones side is the front door. I am verytempted to try and escape now, but decide to explore more. The back sideleads out onto a deck with chairs. I go down open the door to go back tothe way I came and enter a large living or gathering room. I then go intoa library filled with books. There are double doors with a white line infront. I assume I would not be allowed in there and I do not want to beshocked again. I heard horror stories of some former Society victims.