"Is that ... bad sign?" Hard to tell," Mattie answered with a shrug. "Chances are she just bit her lip, but she might be bleeding internally. Alice is... checking her stomach to see if it's hardening, as that's a sign of internal bleeding." Alice shook her head, so Mattie continued. "Widespread bleeding is a sign her organs are failing. At that point, it's just a matter of time. The problem is; if too much damage occurs before the treatment takes effect, it's too late once it does."Alice's gentle. I live in a village above us. I learned to swim in this cove. My pinky toe met a crab for the first time right over there when I was three. I reflexively looked over to where she indicated with a nod of her head, not that it really mattered where the crab had been. Just as reflexively, I looked up when I heard to squawks from overhead. A Brown Noddy with a fish in its beak was being pursued by a Great Frigatebird over the cove."Look!" I exclaimed involuntarily. The noddy made two frantic. I say Joy, please sit on bed as I close the doorShe goes and sits down, I then say Joy Beanbag. She enters her trance state.Me, Joy, over the next 10 days, you will gradually loose memories of me and only remember me as a person that Helen dated for awhile. You will however until the baby is born you will continue in your healthy ways and do everything you can to have a healthy baby and birth. If you understand say yes I understandJoy yes I understand.Me, when you return to your normal state,. Vladic picked up the phone looking forward to speaking to him."Hello, Uncle Lech! How are you?" He said.A long pause greeted him, followed by a deep inward breath."Vladic. There is no easy way to tell you this. Last night my mother Sofia was murdered." Uncle Lech replied.Uncle Lech filled his shocked silence with a teary recitation of what information was available. Grandma Sofia had gone to the local Chinese takeout place to pick up a dinner for her and some of the other local neighborhood.