"I've rung for an ambulance," Dan said.Molly nodded. "Gina sent me away," she said dully."Don't let it get to you, Mum. You know how she loved him. Ju...t give her a little time to say goodbye to him."Molly nodded sadly. "I've done that," she whispered then her eyes widened and filled with tears. "Why? Why? Both my husbands. Why has God done this to me?"Dan said nothing, just took her in his arms again as she began to cry. She cried for the best part of half an hour and still Dan held her. It was. That's all that you really need to understand about that. Just don't be surprised by anything," Mom told her, trying desperately to close the subject of her sister's dysfunctional marriage."You mean like showing up around town in a dress, answering to 'Aunt Leigh, ' right?" Dad coldly dismissed his brother-in-law."Now, Larry, there's no need for talking about it, is there? It's very embarrassing and humiliating for Trish, I can tell you that much," Mom tried to talk him down."It is embarrassing. “I need a tank of gas,” I said, holding out my debit card. She took my card and punched in the numbers, grumbling because the scanner didn’t work. “I hope this works,” she said as we waited for the transaction to go through. “I hope so,” I said, “I’m running on fumes.” The machine hummed and out came the paper receipt. The clerk handed me a pen and I signed the receipt. I signed the receipt, trying desperately to think of something witty to say, but I couldn’t. As I handed the receipt to her,. ?What’s going to happen next is that I’m going to prepare you for the ride to the Education Center. My car is just outside so hopefully not too many people are going to see who I’m Collecting.?While talking, Abby untied the rope that kept me in a hogtie and helped me to sit up on the couch.?I’m going to start by ungagging you for a while, but please don’t make a scene. You can ask me questions, but if you say anything out of the line, I will gag you again.?I nodded and she unbuckled the strap.