The morning found me ready to methodically tackle this as a project. I drove into town to order an infra-red “yardstick”, an area illumination pol...e mounted light with a propan-fuelled generator on rubber wheels, a field-grade (tough shell, tough screen and tough keyboard) notebook-style laptop, several more memory sticks for my camera and a copy of easy-cad. I planned to document the snot out of the place. Another order had fifteen cases of teflon dry lubricant on order for express shipment.My. ”“Oh,” Rachel sounded disappointed. “I’d kind of hoped to sleep with you.”Dave took her hand and pulled her down the corridor to the bedroom area of the house. He came to the master bedroom and pointed at the bed. “How many people do you suppose can comfortably sleep in that bed?”Rachel guessed, “Three?”“Precisely. How many people do you think actually sleep there?”Rachel looked off to the kitchen, “Four?”“Also, right. Sometimes even five and that’s very tight.”He led her across to one of the. ‘I mean, you.’ As if on instinct, Blaine’s grip on my wrist tightened. ‘Forget it. This is going to be the last you’ll be seeing of her, so get your mind out of the damn gutter, David.’ She helped me into my shoes at the door, but I couldn’t help but notice the unspoken tension between them. David had been nothing but smug and controlling with me, but when he spoke to Blaine, it was almost as if they had a repertoire that kept them on the same level. ‘I’m not joking, Blaine.’ David finally put. The test proved she was a good subject for hypnosis. "Everything seems to be ok," he said smiling. "I just wantedto test you on one more thing." JB pulled a purple stone out of his pocket.April found herself oddly fascinated by the object immediately. It was verysmooth, shiny and pretty, yet at the same time the dark purple color gave thestone an exotic look. "What is your name?" "April. April Simmons." "April, I want you to imagine this stone contains the essence of yourheart, mind and soul.".