"Great, Dr. Zaaijer has been expecting you. He wants to see you one at atime at first. The doctor wants to hear each of you without any influencefro...m the others. Joanne you can go in now. When Joanne turned to seeSteven and her mom before entering the office she saw that each had takena seat as far away from each other as possible. Neither was sayinganything, but she could still feel the tension in the room."How is it going?" Dr. Zaaijer asked once Joanne was situated in his. Soon they reached a grated gate, sentry guards posted in both sides of the gate. Where the far side lay, there was little or no light from torches or any other kind of lighting. No candles either. Simply darkness, eerie and silent, like ink was blotting out his sense of sight.One of the procrastinators nodded to the sentries to leave their posts. They would be taking over. The sentries looked at each other knowingly and without protest, question or remark; one of them opened the gate, handed. I just sat back on my haunches and enjoyed her efforts, remembering when I was a boy back in Maryland and we playing kissing games behind the barn.We dressed and brushed off each other’s clothes. By the time we got back to the tavern, a light rain had begun and the wind had shifted around to the northeast. She stopped at the outhouse, and I went on in to find a gaggle of local militia making what I assumed was a friendly fuss over the Patterson women. At first I thought it was just innocent. He doesn't need money; he sets his own schedule ... What we need is a way to disrupt his life and push him into doing something. But I have no idea what that would be or how to make it happen." Can I help" Jamie asked."We'll talk later." Then to the group, "Well if we're done here, I was right in the middle of some serious goofing off, it's been a tough couple of days and I'd like to get back to the beach before the sun comes up." Now there's a weird statement if I ever heard one," Rod.