"Oh my God..." What? No..." Heather murmured."Aw fuck, no, c'mon!" Richie cried.Jason could not get this throat to work, and simply whimpered.There wa...s barely any time at all to resist. It swept down on their minds like a flood, overwhelming them, drowning out the mental scream that came from the realization that they were being enslaved by someone or something whose motivations they knew nothing about.Save for Jason. He knew something of Mara, and what she had likely gone through. Because of. For the remainder of the day she acted as if she hadn’t seen a thing, even though I could tell by her smirk that she was loving it I was sort of disturbed by her lack of reaction. On a normal day she would have joined in or given me some help, but not today and I found out why the next day. After Sarah had left I received a message from her telling me to look under the middle couch cushion. At this point I was getting a bit twitchy because of her smirk from last night. Under the cushion I. "He's filthy." Digging for worms with the spoon so he could go fishing with Rob." Ah. I suppose that demonstrates advanced learning, eh? I guess I'll bathe him before dinner."In the evening Martha asked whether I'd be in the office on Friday and whether she could come and talk to me 'about a problem.' We set it up for 10:30 — that would give me time to go through whatever the day's absence had heaped on my desk. I wondered what her 'problem' was.There was plenty to throw away when I got to the. Brasher had indicated that this building, delightful as it was, was a tool designed to do a job. Granddad was merely the operator of the tool. The re-dedication had been set for eleven-thirty. It was one of those spring days when the sun shone but with little warmth, the saving grace was no wind to chill. Even so it was wise to wrap up a little. Abby arrived just after James, and was astonished to see the station approach full with cars, mainly Land Rovers, the standard mode of transport in.