”“Who is she?”“Mastuh’s wife.”“Jake.”Tilda nodded.“Do you know where the transmitter is?”“What’s that?”“It’s what sends ...he electrical charge.”A tear rolled down her other cheek. She hung her head and shook it. Steele leaned closer to inspect the collar. Tilda pulled back.“Who are you?” she asked.“Do you know Annamae Miller?” Tilda shook her head. “She’s a girl like you. She’s gone missing and I’m looking for her.”“Like me? A black girl?”“Yes.”“From here?”“Yes. Are you?”“No. Some guy drugged me. Jared had left a folded t-shirt on the bed. So, I put on the shirt and my panties, and walked toward the kitchen in search of food. When I stepped into the kitchen I saw that he had food set out to be prepared. He glanced over his shoulder and said, “Morning darlin’. Pancakes or eggs and bacon?”We had not eaten supper last night and I was starving so I smiled and responded, “Yes please.”I heard his laughter and knew this was all going to be okay. I walked up to the counter beside him to see. I followed her to the park and allowed her to point toward the red headed kid with freckles all over his face. Joey was only an average skateboarder. Of course even so, if he took off I would just have to wave at him as he went by me.I went back to where Mica stood and explained, “Listen I appreciate your pointing him out to me. I decided the time isn’t right to talk to him. Would you hear, if the murder squad interviews him?”“Not necessarily, but I can keep my ears open. If you take me to. The best I could learn, the outbreak only had affected men. They wentbath-salt crazy until their hearts would burst from the exertion.I managed to miss out on the fun because although I am male, I had beenin transition to womanhood, and apparently it had been enough to saveme, although I went into a brief coma for a couple of days or so. Evenso, I must have had a super-dedicated nurse who kept me going once thepower went down. In fact , she had taken me to what I assume was herhome, and she.