Sherri showed up shortly thereafter and took her daughter home. They sat Brandon down in the living room and explained to him that daddy wasn't coming...home again. The two year old seemed to be wise beyond his years when he hugged both of them and said, “It will be alright Mommy and Maw-maw. Grampy and Grammy will look out for Daddy. They are with him.” Both of the women were in shock at his statement. They hadn't said anything about his other grandparents. They looked at him and he just smiled. Inside, the room is already half full of chattering teenagers. Mostof them stop talking when I enter and eye me up. I was never the mostpopular person at school being something of a music/art geek. Thefeelings I had back then of being watched and judged come swimming back.Mr Dixon introduces me to Mr Hulse who is a slim fresh faced man whodoesn't look old enough to be a teacher to my thirty something mind. Hehas started growing a wispy beard, I wonder if he is trying to lookolder?The two talk. Sarah had made some bread with the fresh ground wheat, surprising everyone when she pulled it out of the oven. Although it was different from the soft white store bought bread everyone was used to, they all agreed the coarse brown bread was quite good. This lead to a discussion of the things they were going to miss, like butter."If we find a milk cow and someone can build a churn, we can make butter." Sarah pointed out. Doug went to a large china cabinet and came back with a large glass jar.. Kouma had found out, that all of her piercings served as excellent anchoring points. No matter how desperately she had wanted to escape, she couldn’t bring herself to tear free of her pierced flesh.The harness’ lattice rose, ending in an impossibly high collar made of stiff, black leather. It rendered her head utterly immobile. Further guaranteeing this, rings dangling from her earlobes were locked to the sides of the collar. Any attempt to turn her head was painfully discouraged. Above.