"A distant roar got louder and louder until it sounded like the freight trains I'd heard in Ohio -- only this one was running right through our bedroo.... The mattress shook then everything jolted up in the air a couple inches. It jolted several more times then shook hard for a minute.When everything had calmed down, I was still really scared. "Bob, it wasn't a little one, was it?" I felt Don and Mom listening in."Fairly decent one. Probably low to mid five. I can't see much in the house which. Main pehle to ghabra gayi, kuch nahin boli aur do din college nahin gayi. Phir jab college gayi to woh mujhse rote rote maffi mangne laga, ke usse galti ho gayi, woh aisa phir kabhi nahin karega. Par najane kyon us din ke baad mere uske prati vichar badal gaye aur mujhe apni dosti mein pyar dikhayi dene laga, aur mein man hi man uski ho gayi.Hum donon ke beech mein jo pyar ka rishta tha, woh hum donon ke bina aur kissi ko pata nahin tha, siva mere school ki pakki saheli ke. Lekin usse hamara. What date do you want to remember, Frances?”“The due date of my baby, silly! What else would a woman want to have in her mind?”“I wouldn’t know, darling, not being a woman, but I can see how it would be important to you. It has struck me: if all of you are going to give birth at the same time, it is going to be a maelstrom for me as well.”“You obviously haven’t studied childbirth, Reg. Even if we all got pregnant on the same day – which we didn’t; we just waited and told you on the same day –. The air around me was alive with screaming, stamping feet, and a stampede as those who pressed in to be close to me ran for their lives.Steve hovered over me, holding me in his arms and keeping others away, a menacing looking weapon held in his arms. Agents cleared the hall, as wave after wave of agonizing suffering hit me. Looking down I realized that the gunshot went straight through me, as I felt the wound in back and could see the exit in front.I could hear the conversation going on around.