Emily would go to work while Mark would not only keep the farm running but also take care of the kids with decreasing help from Kat. She and Brandon ...ere working on making sure that their own lives would get off to a good start. Kat was accepted to MIT for engineering and Brandon was extremely supportive of her. All he wanted was for Kat to be happy in life. Brandon in the meantime had gotten a job at one of the fanciest restaurants in town and quickly impressed the head chef/owner who took. Slowly he stood up and went over to the huge built in wardrobes along the back wall of the room. Many times I had watched his wife getting ready in the mornings, selecting things from the many shelves and hanging rails. I wondered if he was getting ready to go out or just having a look…perhaps he was going to do some laundry, I laughed to myself. As I watched I was surprised to see him reach up and pull out a handful of clothes from the rail and throw them on the bed. Surprised not at what he. ’ ‘No! It isn’t true! It can’t be true! Mr. Morris wouldn’t do something like that!’ Dawn cried when her mother told her what she’d learned from Heidi. ‘I don’t care what the police say, Mr. Morris didn’t do it.’ ‘I know he didn’t, Honey,’ Nancy said. She was surprised there wasn’t even a trace of doubt in her mind about Ben’s innocence. She knew, as sure as she was sitting on her daughter’s bed with Dawn sobbing in her arms, that Ben Morris hadn’t done what he was accused of doing. ‘I wonder. Nevertheless, she did sleep, even if it was only five hours per night. And then it happened. At one o’clock in the morning of the sixth day, she was woken by a flashlight shining directly in her face, blinding her, and a strong hand brutally grabbing her hair and shaking her head until her teeth rattled. The hand dragged her off the couch and threw her onto the floor, but she did not struggle. Instead, she immediately rolled over onto her back and assumed the supine capture position. Above her.