I'm glad it's them and not me in one.'As the two vehicles arrived at the beach a crew of four brawny sailorswas securing the launch to a rock at the b...each. One of them broke offand strode up to Ingrid as she got out of the car."Are you the bitch in charge?" he asked.As fast as he could blink Ingrid had a knife under his chin and pusheduntil he had to lift his heels. "Ya" she said, "I...am...thebitch...in...charge" and with each word she backed off and then pressedthe knife upward. "Do you. Frightened she starred at Mark Cockwidth. ?What do you want?? Mark uttered unfriendly ?Mr. Cockwidth? Can I speak to Susan?? ?Who are you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?? Mark Cockwidth eyed the girl suspiciously. She looked raggedly, uncombed, desperate. ?Please, I have to speak to Susan. I?m Mary. Mary Fisher. Please. Me and Susan had been friends. Don?t you remember me?? The girl looked at him with pleading eyes. Yes, he remembered her now. She had lived only some. He quickly pulled on the arms like gloves. He reached behind him withpink nailed hands and pulled up the zipper. Next, he picked up the mask.The lower edge of the mask ended at the top of his neck. It made iteasier to conceal the edges. He stretched the neck and pulled it downover his head. He pushed the features onto his own using one hand untilhe felt it stick. The light adhesive patches on the inside would makesure the masks features would move with his own. Satisfied with themovement of the. ...He stepped away and my watery eyes focused again at distance, the forestwas growing dark, still with a darkening orange glow from the very top ofthe window but I could't see into the trees much anymore...it's just ushere...Daddy came back quickly and lifted my chin, I realized that I was justkeeping my mouth open, wet and receptive to him...he had a bottle ofwater, room temperature, and he poured me a mouthful."You've been working hard, princess, making Daddy happy, and now it's myturn," he.