Christmas had been a family holiday-but always before in Richmond. Adoré felt her mother was feeling lonely, so they flew out to visit her. It ...asn't too hard to do, as they still had occasional use of the family jet, her mother having insisted that the kids had priority over executives from various family-owned businesses.One really gloomy, rainy winter day in February, nobody bothered to tell them the bad news.The bad news was that Darnell Hollins had been released from prison.They. He was tall in the saddle and had shoulders on him so wide that when he first rode into town from the west, he like t' blocked out the settin' sun! He was clean-shaven and dressed reg'lar, but one look and you could tell he wuz tough enough to bite a bear's ear clean off!Folks wanted t' crack a smile when he introduced hisself as Marshal Marshall, on account a' it sounded kinda peculiar. But nobody made no fuss about it, because one sidewise look from the Marshal and strong men would shrivel. .Mandy walked up to her, holding in her hand a pair of handcuffs.Sarah didn't want to know what they was for, she was only focused on one thing - Escape.As soon as she was close enough, Sarah pounced.She jumped up off the chair and pushed Mandy down onto the floor, she stepped over her about to run for the door.She suddenly felt a tight grip around her ankle and lost her footing. Falling down, she looked towards her feet and saw Mandy had grabbed hold of her, tripping her up. As her body hit. " I informed them."We would never have allowed that," the first woman said.Doctor Bennet looked at me and smiled. then said, "Emily there is no way we could have discussed it and made the decision in time to have stopped it. We are always going to be able to second guess Maxine, but we are never going to be able to act fast enough to prevent a single unscripted act from her. That is the nature of the beast I created."The Doctor took a breath then turned to me. "That Maxine is why we are here,.