So you don't have to work, and the nurses there will take good care of you." She paused. "Our implants here aren't just silicon. The first implant is ...oated with Kevlar, and sewn into your ribcage. Very serious. We don't want you thinking that you can remove them, because you can't! I told you to obey." She laughed, and started hitching with it. Now a tear of laughter fell from Her eye. "Spin the wheel again! Bitch!"Weakly, John Phillips spun the wheel, knowing now, that his life would never. The box of plates and cutlery was buried somewhere in the bedroom. With coffees made and armed with eating equipment, we retreated to the front room. I placed plates on an upturned empty box where Sarah also placed the mugs. I recovered the TV controller and passed it to her and folded up the bed and sat down for a moment. Sarah sat on the two-seater opposite me switching on the TV. I got my mug and relaxed a little feeling a little more than worn out. Sarah was innocently watching the TV or so. She’s allowed me to mostly do what I want, but she lets me know what she thinks is right very clearly. I usually do what she says to keep the peace. She’s not mean or anything.”“May I ask why you moved to Chicago?”“When Mom and Dad divorced, she decided she wanted to be away from him. She had a friend here who could get her the job at Our Lady of Charity and helped her find our apartment.”“And your dad?”“He was never around very much. He went where the work was and sent money home to Mom and. He works at the corporate offices as a purchasing manager." He believes he will just rise up the chain from there, based on the experience that a series of jobs in the corporation will give him," I said, not asking, but stating what I saw as obvious."He does, and perhaps it would work, if he showed any talent for management or business," she laughed. "But he expects it to happen just because he is the eldest male. He expects it as his due. This my father does not like."Kelli had a predatory.