She thought about her father again, about his last minutes, his face buried under a forest of tubes and an oxygen mask. He had been trying to talk to ...er at the very end, but his voice was hoarse and gurgling, like he was speaking underwater. For a long time she assumed shed misunderstood his last words, but now she realized shed heard him correctly and simply not recognized the name: Devereux, hed said. But whatever hed tried to tell her about the house, it was a secret he took out of this. Eventually a woman named susan came and collected her to show her around and get her settled in. Sarah was so disappointed as she was going on the boring tour of the offices. There was nobody else around and so what sarah thought was going to be a morning of sucking cock turned into chatting office shit with a mid 40's boring bitch. Sarah was finally shown to her office. Hers was a small office next to her boss's. It was clear that once both rooms had been 1 big room but a partician wall had. I was still operating on the assumption that most of dad’s anger was directed at my mom and that once he’d calmed down, he’d send me back, or at least release me back into the world.I didn’t want to be destroyed for her mistakes.It wasn’t like I knew about her plans, whatever those were, that had pissed dad off to that extent.I had been just as clueless as him.I already knew that everything that has happened so far, him dragging me away, stripping me down to my underwear, forcing me to sleep. The couple were grabbed and pushed against the wall. Each of them was shown a knife that was held by the man behind them and they were told to be quiet and listen closely. First they were told to go into the house. As the five of them entered the living room Jim said, "We won't make any trouble. Take what you want and leave." One of the men punched Jim hard in the stomach and he doubled over in pain and went to the floor on his knees. "Don't say a word unless you are told to", Jim was.