Finally, on Sunday evening I came downstairs to find Rachel alone in front of the TV. I asked where my father was, and she said he was tinkering with ...omething in the garage. I took my chance and sat next to Rachel, but before I could speak, she asked me if I enjoyed Friday afternoon. I told her she knew I did. I was disappointed as she told me that it wouldn't go any further but...she was willing from time to time to relieve my tension. She got up kissed me on the cheek and went to her. With a flourish, Conniewent around the room, showing me everything, and opening the drawers andclosets to shoe me the baby dresses and rompers, the diapers and plasticpanties, the cute widdle toys, the baby bottles, all for me. I couldsay nothing, do nothing, so I did the only thing I could do, cry.Great, silent heaving sobs left me, the hot tears running down my faceas I realized that this was no one-time game, no show of force before Iwas tossed out like yesterday's newspaper. This thing. After two minutes, her feet stopped twitching and she relaxed in death. Everyone could only hear the creaking of Hannah's rope. The doctor approached the hanging body and touched Hannah’s neck and then touched her soft breasts under her shirt and jacket. "The girl is dead," he said. "Justice is done," declared the sheriff. "Thank you all for coming."The crowd dispersed, leaving only Cady, the doctor and his assistant. The three men waited for half an hour, then cut Hannah’s body down. They. Kartius began to explain in his own words. "We beasts have attempted to venture back to the world above the surface of the earth thousands of years ago. The few of us who ruled our species braved alone through the one path that leads above the earth. However, as they got close to the surface they started to sense the entities which roamed on the other side. At that time the instinct of our rulers was petrified by the new world and its powers, warning not to stay, to go back once more to beneath.