.I did all this...I thought I could handle him and..then he was going to force me and -oh-my-god!- Connie to ...to-" Ula didn't slap Seanna, not exa...tly, but she did place her hand on thegirl's face 'with emphasis.'"Stop babbling. Take Connie to her bed immediately. I'll be there in amoment, after I deal with-" "Where am I?" A squeak interrupted. Ula followed the noise to a darkhaired boy, eleven, maybe twelve years old, huddled against the wall. "-with him. Can you do this Seanna?" . He is the one who brought us together.My head was spinning now. We had reached home. I was so lost that I did not even button my tunic. I got down naked from the car in the building. We went home. The girl poured us drinks. I lit up a cigarette. The thought of what Viresh thought of me was running through my head.R: Calm down. Your son was the one who orchestrated it. Remember when he was talking on a video call from the office? That day I saw you on the video call. You were doing something in. What was their final body count?” Then I thought about what I had asked and looked at my family. “Sorry guys, forget it. I wasn’t thinking.”Kelly surprised me by saying, “No, I want to know.” Mom gulped but nodded.“Eleven. It was eight the last you heard on Thursday, but after Gadsden, when they killed the Alabama Trooper, they hit a convenience store outside of Fort Payne, killing the clerk and grabbing two girls. Then they changed directions and came southeast, to where you ran into them. Diane was a smartly dressed, attractive woman in her mid-forties. She stepped out of her car when Rachel parked behind her and met them at the walkway that led up to the front door. Jake introduced the two women to each other and they shook hands."So you like this one, huh?" Diane asked. "It's a good value. A beautiful place with lots of amenities and the owners are quite anxious to unload it." Of all the houses you've showed me so far, this one has the most of what I'm looking for," Jake told.