I lean forward so I can see out the door and I see my father on the ground stroking himself.I gasp, my father was watching me masturbate. It made me f...eel horrible but something inside me wanted him to take me then and there. I layed down on my bed and waited for him to leave to go to his room. but he didnt leave to his room I heard the car start and leave the house.I stepped out of the steamy shower wrapping a towel around myself and headed to my bedroom but I saw something on daddy's computer. They might arrive at any time.They didn't arrive for two more days. It was Day 14 since what Bridgett had begun to call "The Virus." I adopted the same term for it, although neither of us knew what had killed off most of the people in North America, and, perhaps, the world. "The Virus" sounded better, somehow, than "Death Ray" or some other pseudo-scientific term. It was also perhaps more likely, as an explanation.We would, perhaps, never know.Ingmar drove up beside us in an RV not that. I was just getting ready to hunt down Julie and Samantha when Julie came running into the room, crying hysterically. I tried to calm her down, to see what was going on."Mommy! Something's wrong with Samantha! I can't wake her up! It looks like she took some pills! Hurry, Mommy!" Julie could hardly speak, she was so upset.Damn it! Could anything else go wrong? Was I going to kill everyone I loved? I ran into the room. Samantha was lying on the bed, pale and barely breathing. An empty bottle of. "At that instant all of the children chimed in together. It was apparent that all of them both understood and truly meant the words they were saying as they continued, " ... of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!"By the time they had completed reciting the Pledge tears had appeared at the corners of Cindy's eyes. Immediately, Bobbie swung into The National Anthem, but singing the.