”“Telling the community will be difficult.”“True,” I said. “Fuck! did you report in to Oak Leaf?”“Morgan said he’d call in; I wanted...to get your status but ended up staying here with you.”“So, he didn’t declare an emergency?”“Of course not, but he left an unofficial report.”“That presumably no one has read yet.”“True.”“I think it’s time I declare.”“Probably.”“They’ll probably replace me. What a fuckless pile of shit this is turning into.”Matthew made a noncommittal noise.“I’ll go. There I kissed Lucy and shook Clive's hand and off they went. Within an hour I was back at the reception, but things were packing up."Come on girls," I said to my sister's when I had found them, "I'll drive you two home now." Yeah sure," said Helen.Both were very drunk and luckily it was arranged earlier that they would be sleeping at my flat rather than the long drive back to their place. One at a time I carried them upstairs to my big bed and there I stripped them both naked and tucked them. She had to admit the thought excited her down deep inside but she feared her confessor would root out her every thought and deed and the penance for incest was too terrible to contemplate.“Sit you down, my darling daughter. You are blooming so sweetly this morning. You make my old heart joyful that you have the common sense to go to bed early and wise enough to rise early as well to greet the new day with enthusiasm for a full day’s work.”Mercy smiled as sweetly as possible and hoped her weary. From now on, your name is Abigail Myra Olcott, but you'llanswer mostly to Myra. Do you understand me?"There was a look of bemusement on Myra's face as she whispered, "Y-Yes, Aunt Irene." She seemed to relax after that and snuggled down onthe operating table, closing her eyes. In moments, the girl wasasleep, exhausted from all that she had gone through that day.Shamus nodded. "All right, Myra it is. But whatever name, yuir...niece... uses, she's going to need some rest." He glanced over.