"Mr Clifford," he said. "Is there somewhere that we can talk privately?"Tom led him to the sitting room and they both sat down."We'll need to take pro...er statements from all of you later, sir," he said, "but would you please give me a brief résumé of the background to this evening's incident and the incident itself." Certainly," said Tom. "Mr Wheeler is my director. Ever since he met my wife at an office party some nine months ago he has shown a strong attraction to her. His wife recently. . I need you to humor me on this,” I said. “I’m going to close my eyes and listen ... but I can’t look at you.”“Ok, I have tried to explain this to adults time and time again ... I’m not just me ... I know everything my ancestors know. But, my first recollection of granddaddy was when Daddy said he was blown to pieces during Tet ... I wasn’t even born yet ... I wasn’t born ... I was part of JW and JW wasn’t born yet. When Jack was gone ... Sultry had a terrible time birthing the triplets .... ” "Where do you think we could do it?" I asked. "I don't know, let's think about it and see what we can come up with."The next morning in school, Cathy raced up to our meeting place with a big smile on her face. "Guess what?" Before I could say a word, she rushed on to explain that her parents were going to spend the week between Christmas and New Year's Day at a company retreat in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were flying out early the morning of December 27, and wouldn't be back until mid. I realised it was Rebecca and I saw at once from Rick's grin that he knew who she was as well. "A friend of yours, Mr C tells me," he said.I nodded. Rebecca, confused and traumatised by her experiences, barely registered our presence. I looked at her feeling sympathetic in one sense but curiously detached in another. Only a week before we had been sharing a bed and yet now, somehow, it seemed quite reasonable to see her like this."They all spend some time caged, just to get the hang of what.