"I'm Mrs. McCarthy. I take care of the Mission house when Father Badin and the other priests are absent. There are four of them now, but they are all ...one presently. I don't know how they do it. They are always traveling and seem to live in the saddle. The mission here in Kentucky covers such a vast area. They seldom have time to rest, and it can't be good for their health," she told the girls before getting back to the situation at hand."Father Badin is scheduled to be here on Sunday, the. "Man, she's still goin'!" Jack said.As she shuddered and jerked violently against her restraints, the young nun rolled and pitched against the bench. Faintly in the background, through the buzzing in her head, she could hear the other sisters screaming out in sympathy to her. But even they didn't matter. She was going to die. Her face was a blur.Her body writhed and bounced, threatening to rip free of the thongs."Yaghghhghghghhfffffff!"Jack couldn't stand it any longer. He shut down the machine. I was surprised at that, yet elated. "And I can't marry Steven without his knowing about this, it wouldn't be fair to him. I have to tell him about this, what we did." I know, and you should. We should, together. But I'm willing to bet he won't be angry with you mom, I'm sure of it in fact. And I'm also willing to bet, as long as it's presented in a way that assures him that he's still part of the equation, that it won't be something he'll feel excluded from or not a part of. But that also. He smiled “I want to battle Ash one last time but I want to face him at his very best. In order to do that I have to put on of his friends in danger and I found out about you and your contests so I set this little trap.”May couldn’t believe her ears. Why would Gary go to such lengths just to battle Ash? May turned to him “Why do you want to battle Ash so much?” Gary grew annoyed. “You ask way to many questions here!” He pulled out a piece of cloth and wrapped it around her mouth stopping her.