I checked in on them before returning to the children's room and resuming my watch over them. But this time, no link. My presence might help them in s...me way, but I'd decided not to directly feed them. They'd have to fight off the infection as much on their own as possible.I'd been sitting quietly, thinking about the AG, when a faint little voice broke my concentration."Daddy?"I blinked, peered into the dimly lit room and saw Tink watching me."How're you feeling sweetie?" I asked softly."Hot.". Suddenly, with a rush, some shoring timbers on the sewer side of the trench shifted inward. An instant later, there was a flow of sewer water into the trench that steadily increased in volume. As it rapidly filled the bottom of the trench and started rising up Tony's leg, Ken saw the man's right leg at an unnatural angle while his foot was trapped between two of the shifted timbers.Already, with the shift of the timbers, the trench had narrowed from four feet down to less than two. It was. You're not going to believe this." I got the address and headed over. I parked the Z beside two slick top cruisers and walked up two flights to a dingy apartment with yellow tape across the door.The body of a white male about mid-thirties hung by his neck from a hook in the ceiling, his face the color of a pomegranate and nothing below his feet but air; how the hell did he ... Ram saw the look on my face "It's a weird one. We figure he's been there about four days. The Coroner's taking his. She had no idea what his expectations were, maybe she had met them, maybe she had exceeded them, or, the worst, maybe it would be like she had not even bothered. Jodi closed the doors and walked to the stairs, gripping the banister with her left hand but pausing before she descended. Closing her eyes in a flutter, she took her first step and opened her eyes as she continued, and was soon at the foot of the stairs, still – albeit impressively in one piece – maybe I am getting the hang of this? A.