His eyes flicked to James. He liked Gretchen's new husband well enough, he supposed. For 'The Plan', he was essential. What Tom wouldn't give, though,...to have Nick at his side through all this. Never had he expected fatherhood to be the basis of a lasting male friendship ... well, maybe it had been the joint experience of pregnant wives that had been the glue. Never took much with guys, and bitching over moody women was classic male bonding fodder. It had helped that Nick had just been a great. The picture changed to a grainy home video type picture, a dark hall full of his friends and classmates sitting looking at a stage. Mr Cartwright swept into the picture, followed closely by Joe and Lisa. They charged up to the stage. Mr Cartwright turned. "Pupils, I know you are worried. Please listen to Joe and Lisa."Joe stood on the edge of the stage, and spoke loudly. He came across quite clearly through the video. "This morning, Shahia got a message from Hassan that the department had come. Believe me, after meeting your brother's new wife, I know a whore when I see one!"Marnie's hand shot out and slapped her niece hard across the face."Ann is here to work," she said. "You'll treat her with respect. Jacob brought her back here to help with the animals and that is all."Susan's eyes turned toward Jacob."I bet he did," she sneered. "What did it cost for her?" My brother's life," Ann answered before Jacob could speak. "My brother tied to kill Jacob but was too slow. He could have made. Maybe Marge would lose interest once the seduction and capture was complete.She did have to admit that some aspects of her current condition were not all that bad. She liked the all over tan that she was developing. She had always hated tan lines but had never been bold enough to do anything about it. Now, she was forced into nudity and one of the benefits was the elimination of those horrid tan lines.The other benefit was the orgasms. She had not climaxed in the two years since her husband’s.