" How very odd," mused Ken. "Anything else I should know?"Bill shook his head. His spiders will still infiltrating the Barrow group. None had made it ...to a high enough level to snag anything really interesting, and they were programmed to move on or self delete after a certain amount of time had passed. He was really hoping to get something into Costa's machine, but so far that had been a no-go. He rather doubted it was because of their security set up, but he was also under no illusions that. I am leaving the city of Brockton forever, folks. Saying goodbye to Massachusetts. I packed all of my belongings in a truck. I’ve got twenty four hundred bucks on me. And I got nothing to lose. I’m a twenty-four-year-old Black male with a college degree. I don’t have any criminal record. I’m healthy. I got no wife and no brats. Life should be sweet. So why does everything I see fill me with bitterness? I hate what I’ve become. Folks, I’m not going to lie. I cry as I write these words. I feel so. I know you said she could come off her birth control after I get pregnant, but it would be April before she could even hope to get pregnant if she has to wait.”I stood and wrapped my arms around her. “Thank you for reminding me of that. I knew she was on the shot, but I wasn’t aware of when her next one was due. Do you really think she’s that eager?”Kiera let out a slightly exasperated sigh. “Yes she is, and she isn’t the only one. Marta wants to finish school first, but the five of us would. I didn’t make a huge amount on each one, but I was still collecting royalties on the first one when I wrote the 75th one. My textbooks and technical manuals were more lucrative per book but had very limited circulation and sales. My trust fund income was such that I now was able to telecommute except when I was needed at a customer’s location.Life went on, and because of our children, our more adventurous sex was reserved for some mini weekends when we sent the kids to the grandparents. The.