"What a load of illogical crap, thought Allan, as he gazed at theentranced Shannon. But on the other hand, he had never had a subject soincredibly rec...ptive before. And, if she was that receptive, then Allanhad a sudden idea in need of immediate testing. "I am your boyfriend,Shannon," he told her."Yes, Allan," came the reply."Doesn't it bother you that I'm now your boyfriend?" No, Allan. A pretty girl like me _must_ have a boyfriend. And if yousay you're my boyfriend, then you _must_ be my. There’s not a thing you can say that will change my mind. I’ll be back later for the rest of my stuff.”I thought about what Brian said about being careful if I ever confronted Mark as my head slammed into the sheetrock hard enough to leave a big dent. It would have been bigger but part of my head caught a stud and split my scalp. I was stunned but managed to make it to the living room before he caught me. I shoved the coffee table at him, catching him on his shins and he went down. I was almost. “Ordered under pain of ... pain is possibly more accurate,” I chuckled, getting a broad, if tired, grin from them both.“Probably,” Norant laughed. “But they should be here in four hours, after which you will stand down for two working periods and recover.”“By your command,” I nodded as another patient was floated in with both legs having been re-joined from mid-thigh, yet clearly looking like dead flesh.“Up and at her, Dave,” Vrion sighed.I awoke almost twenty four hours later, by my reckoning,. Not only had I not gotten to wash my hair in days, but mom didn't have a brush so I'm sure it wasn't one of her best french braid jobs. But it was relaxing and let us escape for a moment.Then three men came in. They handcuffed Mr. Tacon and led him and Billy upstairs with them. They put the Naomi and Mia in the cell with me and mom.A few minutes later Mrs. Sung Li and some of her men came down and started tying the four of us together. They handcuffed us together and led us out in a line as.