" The deep sense of longing that those words invoked. It was as if the singer had been crying out from the depths of her soul. The words, which Megan ...had heard many times, had an almost haunting quality about them now.Before boarding her plane at Heathrow airport she was sitting in the departure lounge when a mother sat down beside her. She had twin girls, no more than nine or ten years of age, who were dressed in white blouses and tartan skirts, proudly Scottish. Their hair was short-cropped. "Very funny. Crap, I'm even nervous about the restaurant. Bill or Mr. Wainwright always takes the lead. You, Margaret and I just follow, so the only things I notice about a fancy restaurant are how good the food and service is and how nice the place looks. Now it's up to me to do everything, and remember, before Bill took me under his wing, I lived in a cheap little apartment and survived only because I had some big friends who lived nearby and ran interference for me." I'm here too, remember.. It was actually quite an evil grin that would let any recipient know they were soon to be shown a hell they couldn’t even imagine.Bree shivered, “Good God, please don’t ever do that to me again - promise me.”I grinned at her, “I promise unless of course, you’ve been a naughty girl, Bree. You do know how to be a naughty girl, don’t you?”Zoe punched me and then kissed me. “I got this back today,” and she showed me a purse.“Yours,” I asked, and she nodded. “Is there anything missing,” and, this. "Have you prepared your backpack for tomorrow field trip?" Yes, dad, but-" No buts!" Marco said angrily. "It's the annual field trip to cave five! Every year only third graders go on this trip! It's the biggest juncture of every coreless child. You will meet an emissary of our lord and ruler; he will bestow upon everyone in your year a direct blessing from our lord"."Listen to your father", Laylen said while serving roast and mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables to Zax and Marco before joining.