It was like listening to a bat. ‘No good lazy…….. piece of rotten……… I’m gonna kick your………… instead of five forty five…….. ...ix thirty you………. better get your ass………. swine…… get my hands on……… here now!’ I could picture her bunching and pumping her fists as she said the last part. There was a second of silence before I heard a deeper voice, ‘Brian?’ Putting the phone back on my ear I replied, ‘I’m on my way dude, just backing out the car, be there in five minutes, I swear.’ ‘You just got out. ”“Like I said, it’s worse than just that,” I said. “RFN had control over her concert schedule and the venues. They had control over personal appearances and promotions. They had control over almost every facet of her life ... and they abused it.”“Wait!” Lucas said. “They set her concerts? That’s ... messed up.”He again looked at Evan’s daughter and censored himself.“The Dallas thing?” I said. “That wasn’t her idea in the least. Yeah, she was OK with playing it. But she sure as heck wasn’t OK. Much less having a vagina then constructed in theirplace. "He has done nothing wrong. It's not his fault this ishappening to him," she kept chiding herself over and over.She looked across the room and there hanging on the closet door wasthe dress that Dexter would be wearing this afternoon when he wasintroduced to his brother and sister dressed as a girl for the firsttime. Angela turned her eyes away and rubbed her temples with herfingers. She suddenly had a bad headache at the thought of him. They’d been convinced to get some rest by Holly, the short blonde’s compassion deep and a small silver lining in a very cloudy day. Gene had led Lauren and Finch into a private bunkroom and together, they’d crawled on top, his kids soon snoring lightly and Gene not far behind. The exhaustion was extensive and deep, and despite his desire to remain alert and beside his wife, he recognized the need to get rest while her condition remained unchanged over the long hours.Gene gripped Lauren and.