Tom finally began to struggle, but his blows were too feeble to so much as inconvenience the immortal. Silently, Arthur traced the point of the rusted...railroad spike up the length of Tom's arm, stopping just below his wrist. Staring into Tom's eyes, Arthur began to push.Tom screamed as fresh pain lanced through him. Hot liquid ran in a torrent down his arm as the thick, iron spike passed through his flesh and into the wood beyond. Desperately, Tom sought to return to the darkness, to escape. ”Putting down the microphone, Carl Fenton looked at Mike Henderson and said, “How do you want to handle this, Mike?”“Not sure, Carl. Personally, I would like to just shoot the bastards. But, I can also understand their situation. We have the time, and it sounds like a policy decision. Let’s call and see what Jon thinks of this.”“Jon Reppa.”“Jon, this is Mike. Lieutenant Denton ran into our first group of survivors. They informed him of a problem we didn’t consider. We may be getting it wrong,. The course is not quite finished but looks nice. I scheduled it for April. Should be a good fund-raiser for us." Great! Pine Hurst was great for us. Big conference facilities. Just the right size dining room for our whole group. Hope we weren't too noisy for the other guests. And you oughta see the rooms. Plush! They offered you a free room, too, didn't they? Did you try it out?" Yes, I decided to go the whole route! It was good!"We had reached home by this time and Talbot Greene didn't come up. Ok and you must call me Carol then. So now please tell me about your self? Well I've been at the firm for 16years and NO NO not that I want to know about You Oh ok I'm 42 married and the mother of two not much more to say. Ok my dear let's go have some fun then we can deal with business tomorrow. The two go out to eat and dance and drink coming home laughing and in a very good mood. Becky my dear it is late and tomorrow we have a lot to do so I think we should go to bed ok? Sounds like a good.