. Looking up at her sat where I had once been...she took my breath away!Pushing me abruptly away once I had finished cleaning her up, Miragrinned. "Su...ie looks at yourself, mussed hair and cummy lips? You likea slut!" Playfully she snapped, "Clean your self up, do your hair andlips we don't have all night!" Are we going out?" I asked buoyed up but her sudden cheerful humour."Yes but for nothing important," She grinned looking me up and down, "Weneed to do some shopping," Because of the awesome. Big factory. Right outside of town.”“Of what?” Probably a slaughterhouse. They had been talking about one for a long time. People in Calving talked about cows whenever the weather wasn’t interesting.“No… hold on. It’s coming. It was something weird. Baby food! It’s a baby food factory.”Baby food? She would’ve expected weapons defense or chip manufacture before baby food.“Seriously?”“Yeah, organic baby food or something. Big factory. Real big. Lots of lawyers and financial types going to. EventsBillie's words at Annette's memorial service resonated among all that heard them.Annette, whom I've known your entire life, and Ralph, whom I've known less long, but value as every bit as much, there are truly no proper words to say at a time like this. Nothing I can say will make any of us here feel one single iota better. Your leaving us at such a young age will be felt by all of us who knew you for the rest of our lives here.All I can say with complete certainty is that, as much as we. They said if I didn't do it they'd grab you to make me do what they wanted." What happened to them?" Abby asked with a grim smile. "I know you don't take well to being threatened or being told what to do and I would bet you went absolutely ballistic when they threatened me." They're in the hospital; at least I think they made it to the hospital. I did get them medical help." I took a drink of coffee. "Anyway I think their boss told them to say that and my CI says this is a serious guy ... so.