It's the best thing that I've heard since this horrible thing started, and it certainly offers us some hope. We might not be able to break the slave /...master relationship but maybe with some work, we can give people back their lives." I never asked how things went last night," Charles inquired softly. "Is everything okay?" Things are as well as they can be considering how fucked up things are." Connie stated with a sniffle. "I contacted the police and they came and took Bert's body away. They. " Next, she refers to Victoria as your wife. That was in the last cycle. She is your sister in this period, and only your sister, not your wife." Then, she calls Julie Victoria's friend. That implies about the same age. That was last cycle also. Julie is a teenager this cycle, and although she and Victoria are friends, people of that divergent an age range are not usually referred to as each other's friends." Amy held up her hand to forestall comment. "I know, that's weak, but it may mean. There's Doc's truck parked beside a little Honda. That must be Jennifer's, I conclude, knowing that Emily drives a big SUV. I pull Billy's truck into the other space and look around carefully. No one is to be seen anywhere. I slide around to the passenger side and carefully extract Ashleigh from the truck. She has been quiet the entire trip, just another indication that she's not her usual chatty self. I knock on the side door and it is immediately opened by young Jennifer."Come in, please.. "Damn you!" I spat. "Giveme the ring so I can wish myself back to normal," I demanded."Are you sure you want to do that, you wont get to sleep with him if youdo that."Conflicting thoughts battled in my brain. I felt my skin tingle at thethought of having Rich inside me. I tried to tell my body that I was aman, that I had no desires for my friend at all. It was of little use, Iwanted him as much as she did."What if he doesn't want me?" I asked.Linda laughed, realising she had succeeded. "Trust.