’ He laughed sharply, lowering his head for a moment. ‘Got me there.’ The waitress returned with his drink. I told her we needed some more time ...with the menu. Ian looked back up once we were alone again. ‘Tell me this is only what I think it is,’ he said. I recognized those words, the same ones I had said to him so long ago. ‘And what do you think it is?’ I asked. His eyes held mine. ‘That this is just a beautiful young woman who wants to return to what she loves,’ he said. ‘And not some. Just before she dozed off, she stroked the ring she'd picked up off the sidewalk. It looked so pretty, much prettier than Marla deserved. As she dazed off, she wondered if there was a way out of her dreary life.In her sleep, she saw a magnificent young lady dressed in a blue sequined dress. She carried a gold-coated stick in her hand with a star on top. A ruby-encrusted crown sat atop her head, and although she was easily Marla's age, she looked much prettier. Great, Marla thought to herself.. And ifwe get too out of control, the CDC will probably makes us test subjectsfor the rest of our lives. Maybe Nathan has a point. I hope he getsmore of those pills. We might need more of them to get through a day.January 24th:Nathan's Journal:So, close call at work the other day. They won't tell us exactly whathappened in the other lab, which means it can't be good. Based on myown interactions, a man could've gone in there instead of the women. IfI hadn't been taking some of those pills as a. Then the pain began as she turned the crank to pull the front half of the table away from the rear.“I suppose you know the invention of the rack is accredited to the British Constable John Exeter in 1447 for the torture of prisoners in the Tower of London? Although some think it’s much older - used by Catholics down the ages to extract confessions without spilling any blood”By now my vision was getting a bit blurry, but I could just make out a young Mauritian woman I assumed to be Anita, Emma.