"I told Ronnie, "Lead the way."In Ferrara's Bakery, Ronnie bought me cannoli and a baba-a-rum that had my mouth watering and my tummy bloated. The onl... thing preventing me from ordering second rounds was the utter impossibility of shoving more food into my stomach."Take you a week to work this off," Ronnie said, grinning at me with her cigarette held in the air."Oh, Ronnie," I breathed, wiping my mouth and downing the last of the cannoli, "this is just... I never tasted anything like this.. There are beds, treadmills, ellipticals, weights, televisions, video games systems, books, high quality condoms, lube, etc... and the lighting is done with those lightbulbs that simulate sunlight. There are no commercials, no internet, no contact at all with the outside world.After the first week in this section they choose whether or not to join the program. If they join, they have a "death ceremony" that involves their clothing being put into a locker and designating them a number. (The first. .. the laughter disturbed her healing mind. It was the silence that broke through and woke her. Something was clawing at her brain."Carl ... Carl ... Get me up, Carl." Wazzit ... Huh? oh ... DD ... DD? you need the bathroom, DD?" Yawn and stretch and scratch. Carl was used to sleeping through the night. He was taking care of DD while the Sutherland Twins were in Austin ... something about an Essay..."zzzzzzzzzzz" Carl!" DD?"DD groaned ... she shifted ... her mind was on fire..."Carl, I need to. Then, Pete contacted Samantha one evening by phone and invited her to come and visit him whenever it was possible for her to get away from her family responsibilities. Somehow they managed to concoct a reason for Samantha to come alone to visit her brother, Pete, and one afternoon about a month later, Samantha pulled up in her car in front of the house where Pete lived. Pete had envisioned that moment for a long time and when he heard the door of Sam's car slam shut, he quickly walked to the.