I drove down the major street for only a few blocks when a cube van smashed into my side of the car. We were pushed sideways. I slammed on the brakes ...ut a parked car was just too close. I pushed the brake harder and we hit. The air bags suddenly exploded and we came to a stop. Somebody was going to pay now.Margaretta was out the door and left the briefcase on the floor. I could not get out because the truck was only a door thickness away. I climbed over the console and got out. I looked around. Her home has become a box. A box that hasn't been opened for far too long. Sure there are holes to look out. Brief reprieves. From time to time the lid will lift just long enough to get a glimpse of the outside but the air gets stagnant. She longs for the days that past. The ones when she could find that release. A way to scratch that abominable itch that gnaws at her sanity. She needs that release. That euphoric rush that comes from the playtime that has evaporated and left her marooned on. .. ing, I ... guess.”“Mom is her own person. She’s sane, or as sane as any of us are. She’s got an active mind, can think for herself, and she researched the Circle and the things we hold important. So, she made love with Jack, Mike, and Sean, plus some women, and will probably do the rest of the men today.”“Us?” Aaron said in a worried tone.Dave shrugged. “Elise is a loving animal. I don’t know what she’ll want to do. Right now, I feel we should wait. I want to be sure she thinks though the. Returning downstairs we went had a glass of wine I asked to see one of the films Maddy said it was only for the people who were in it to see as they wanted privacy and there permission with that we drank our wine and I headed home with the thought of the filming and what was going on there going round my head.Paul and I went away on holiday for 2 weeks and on my return met up with Maddy for our weekly chat we had a lot of catching up to do and had soon drank a bottle of wine, I brought up the.