We will be cranking Hope in a moment all will fly back to Preservation. Rest easy." He set me down and I walked over to Bobbi. She was still unconscio...s but her breathing was regular and her color was normal. I lay down on a pallet with Mel on one side and Bennie on the other. I heard the ramp closing. Mel said, "All the family is here except Charlie. Andy and he are flying Duck. Rest, Jan."We landed at Preservation and Anne had Bobbi whisked away to the hospital she maintained for those. She didn’t even feel the web at first until its fibers closed around her ankle. She stifled a scream, trying to convince her it was just an old Halloween decoration. The spiderweb was too thick, too expensive to be real. But it stuck to her, spreading around her ankle even as she bent to claw the sticky strands that seemed to climb up her calf. Panic set in as her fingers became trapped in the spreading web, her arms flailed, fighting to free herself only to become more entangled in the. Whatever else they might be, the vonRumstahls were no cheapskates.On top of the chest of drawers a glass of orange juice, a smallcheeseboard and a couple of apples had been left for me. It would be manyhours until dinner so this was much appreciated. I cut slices of apple,placed slices of cheese on them, and slowly paced up and down the bedroommunching away, the deep carpets feeling wonderful underfoot. My bedroomwindow looked out over the courtyard two floors below, as did the. Keith did everything illegal you could think of. Usually the house was never open to me and I would have to find some where else to live for the time being. The message from Keith read 'Sorry bitch but Im not going come get you frum ur lil socer thang. I aint fuckin got time. I'm goin to the bar. ill be home about 2.(am) you ass better be home. and cuk your own fukin diner.". Keith was a dropout his first year of college and usually could not spell very good. "Fuck" i yelled pretty sure all the.