Jilly and Matt would be here soon and Kate… Shit. Kate. Pulling himself from bed, Tom pulled on a pair of boxer’s and a t-shirt and quietly slipp...d from the room. His head was half-asleep and confused, trying to make sense of his many thoughts. He knew that Kate was meant to arrive last night, about the same time that Sarah had, but he couldn’t remember hearing her come in. Had they been so distracted that they hadn’t noticed? He couldn’t remember hearing any noises to say that someone was. Tapping the x-ray, he said, “This is sitting in Rufus’ stomach. We’re not sure what it is, but it’s metallic. Can you see how bright it is? That’s a sign of metal. Has he eaten anything?”Dr. Jameson looked at us. I shrugged. “Not that much. The flagstone patio, a pair of shoes ... Stuff like that.”“And part of the pool noodle,” Amelia added. “And Mike’s Smartphone.” After some thought she added, “And several sheets of music, and twigs, and a bathroom sponge.”Dr. Jameson smiled with amusement.. I watched as Ron, my little brother left the room. But Jeni stepped up to me and said, “Now whore, I am going to blindfold you so you can’t see what we are doing. The only thing you will know is when the pain starts. We know how much you love pain and this might be the worst you have felt yet.”Mr. Jones stepped in and said, “But it won’t be the last pain you feel. Holly, we are going to hurt you a lot. But you can stop us if you want. All you have to do is agree to let us show everyone all the. It has the property of not spreading out like regular light. This is in its infancy but in a year or so, after more research is done, we can see about this facility getting a unit." Is Canadian medicine and physics that advanced?" one asked."It is very good considering the small amount of funding we are getting. The United States is overall in the lead. Canada will make its contributions as time goes on but we have a less robust economy and a fraction of the people you have."That night I phoned.