As Sara watched the dark-haired girl leaned over to whisper something in the other girl’s ear and they both giggled.This was Rose and Rebecca, who h...d managed to convince Rose’s uncle that another visit to this area would be a good idea, that there was a soul they were making progress toward saving. Hearts pounding, they made their way to Jessica’s door and rang the bell.Jessica was just finishing her first martini of the evening and was pleasantly surprised to see the two girls on her front. Mark was into computer sciencelike me and actually liked to help everyone out with their computerproblems, although half the time nobody could understand what he wastalking about. Brenda and Sharon were both enrolled in the pre medprogram and spent a lot of their time at the hospital.When I finished my beer, Bruce threw me another one. He was on histhird since I sat there I noticed. I also noticed that my head was notas firmly attached to my shoulders as it usually was, but I opened thecan. Normally, she kept what she thought of as emotional excesses, which included wild gesticulations, under wraps. Now, however, her temper was inflamed and she continued, ‘I don’t want to be naked around you! Hell, even dressed, I don’t want to be around you! And – newsflash, Aidan – despite the opinion of your friend Patrick Hurst, I’m not some slave that you can command to do your will!’ ‘Take off your clothes or I will take them off myself.’ If she didn’t believe the words, the threat was. By this time, I was starting to feel very foolish. Here I was, crawling around a nasty attic, trying to rescue a girlfriend who wasn't even there! I started back toward the ceiling panel I had pushed up, shaking my head in frustration. I guess I got about halfway there when I stopped being careful. The next thing I knew, I was falling with a bunch of broken plaster board right beside me. I guess I fell partly on my head, because all I remember is looking up to see a blurry professor Langstrom.