Since ... well, Monday ... I feelI need to go, and Mom said she and Bobby would come with me. Probablythat little Presbyterian church on the corner. I... is only a coupleblocks to walk. If we are still doing this in winter we don't want towalk a long way." That's right, you don't have a car, do you? Our church is the Unitedone, closer to downtown. Not that we go very often. Easter and Christmasmostly."After Mikki left, Rachael made dinner, reading with Bobby while thingswere cooking. She had. She knew had she sat down, she would not be able to stand in time, before He returned home. And a sitting slave girl would cost her, her flesh. Tears began to fall under the blindfold. A knot formed in the pit of her stomach and a lump began to swell in her throat. This was too much. She was not sure she could take it much longer, but she knew she had no choice but to stand there in her suffering. It had to be three, if not later. Where was He? She tilted her head up towards the ceiling, no. Mason picked him up slamming him into the locker again, with everyones back turned Carson bent down and put something in Maxs backpack and stood up. Come on leave the kid. See you later Maxi, Mason said with a push as they walked away. Hay my script! Max yelled. Carson turned and said, I think Ill keep it and I will be seeing you latter for whats mine Maxi, he pushed him to the floor and they ran off down the hall. Max just watch as they left, he hated being called Maxi. But when Carson said. "I suggest you do it," Derrick said, still compassionate. "The alternative for you is ... unpleasant. You may not get a second chance."With tears in her eyes Whitney raised the knife to Sam's face. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" she said, her lips quivering. Tears poured down Sam's face, but she didn't pull away, afraid and confused. Whitney pressed the knife against Sam's cheek, drawing a thin line of blood, before dropping it to the ground. "I can't do it, I can't do it to my best friend" she.