The mixed DNA from the three futas puddled on the mahogany as the two sat in silence.“Why’d you let us do that?” Mallory asked.Daphne shot her e...yes downward, her bangs mashed to her face with sweat. “Why didn’t you?”Mallory turned away. The question caught her off guard. “I felt sorry for you. You looked so frustrated—why?”Daphne eked out an exhausted laugh. “Oh, my. Was it that obvious?” Her head dropped. “You guys aren’t the mutant—I am.”Mallory turned back and gave her a puzzled look. It. Perhaps we’ll all die. 5:06 5:07 5:08 Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall. Ninety-nine bottles of beer. Take one down. Pass it around. Thirty-seven bottles of beer on the wall. 5:41 5:42 5:43 It should be light out. Come on. Why isn’t it light out yet? He’ll leave when it’s light. I’ll hear him go down the stairs and out the front door. He won’t stick around in the daylight. Home invasion and murder only take place when it’s dark out. I’m sure of it. My god, I have to pee. Or he’ll just do. “I no longer need to call in that report, officer,” Daniel said turning his head slightly to get a breath of fresh air.“If you don’t mind I’d like to question your wife,” Vince replied taking out his notepad. “I’s standard procedure,” he added.“Of course, ask her anything you need to,” Daniel said stepping aside a few feet to give the officer room.“I’ll need to talk to her alone, if you don’t mind.”“I don’t understand. Why?”“Just to make sure there she can speak freely. Some women are afraid to. You know, like Baywatch.'Oh shit! She was clutching at straws, now. 'So presumablythere'll be a lot of interviews and theory tests, and thingslike that, tomorrow?''Oh no. I've got all the right qualifications, you see. Theremay be an interview at the end, but for the main part of theday, I'll be competing against other applicants in speed trials,endurance, life-saving and first aid techniques. All that kindof thing.'Oh shit! 'Right,' she said. 'I bet you'll be absolutely great at it.Shall we go.