Mark looked straight ahead, forced to look into his own panic-strickeneyes. Suddenly, he heard a faint click of an intercom switching on. Thesound cam... from his left. He instinctively tried to face the source ofthe voice, but of course was unable."Ah, Mr. Duster, I see you've rejoined us. You might be interested toknow that today is Tuesday. Believe it or not, you've been asleep forjust about three days. Our process has just begun and I'm delighted toinform you that things will now progress. Being left alone would have been nice. She could just snuggle under the sheets and not think about anything until morning. Mindy walked to the bed and Jules took her hand. “Come here, girl. What’s up?” Jules had brown eyes that were as gentle as a silk robe. “Everything.” Mindy sighed. How could you describe the feeling of spinning into a vortex of emotional distress and trauma? “Tell me one thing that’s on your mind.” Jules laid a hand on Mindy’s shoulder. The touch was pleasant and welcome. The divorce had been simple and quick; Kim had taken her clothing and personal items and had left Bennie with everything else, including all of their debts and payments.Bennie really had no family, his mother and father had been killed in an auto accident right after him and Kim were married and having no brothers or sisters, we knew that since the divorce, he would be alone for Christmas. When we invited him to join us, we told him that it would not be very fancy but Shelly would cook up. That's when it hit me. He wasn't going to be able to stop before hitting the fence around the playground. This was going to be something serious.A small car on a cross street saw what was happening, and the driver suddenly shot out into the path of the truck. This could only end one way, and I hit the sound button in time to hear the crash.The truck was knocked off course, ramming into a telephone pole and knocking it over. I kept the camera focused as I hit my cell link."Studio—Remote 5." Go.