It was as if my heart would burst from the amount of feeling I had for my daughter. I mean shit I love Dana, but I would literally die for Erica.I alw...ys carried her back to bed, even though she was ten and supposedly beyond such things.When I got back to our room the arguments were usually far from over. We just expressed our points in whispers to keep Erica from hearing us.“Why are you such an asshole about this?” Dana whispered. “I put up with your running. I put up with your borderline. Only the strongest were allowed to survive.”Arriving late to their new home after distributing the meat from their second successful hunt, the widow greets them with uncertainty.“I have heard what you are doing,” she says to Nick. “It may seem nice, letting the weak get more rather than less, but I think it will make it harder for us in the end.”“With less mouths to feed, more food for the rest, for those who can sustain you.”“Yes. It is practical and not cruel. Perhaps you have helped make. We usually try to look bored and uninterested to scare the cheap ones off. Once they tip though, try to look interested though I dont think that will be a problem for you! Did you try out your toy last night? I shook my head up and down (wondering what I had gotten myself into). Carol said, Not all the girls do what I do with the vibrator in the ass. But, they only charge $30.00 for the deluxe treatment then. Now the only other thing you need to know is the timer. This dial tells you how. I realized that our little group of four had become good friends, similar to how Larry, Birgit, and I had been friends and later Larry, Jennifer, and I. It was doing a lot to improve my mood, too. And the silliness with Elizabeth made it even better.The rest of the week flew by; programming, language lessons, and visits with Sofia were keeping me busy and helping me stay focused. I was still grieving for my unborn son, but it was becoming more and more like my grief over Birgit — a part of me.