‘Nooo,’ she whimpered, more to herself than to them. ‘Put him on the platform,’ Jacqueline said from her chair. Rather than lounge, now, she ...was sitting forward with an avid expression, that of someone at long last seeing a coveted dream made true. Constance wailed and lunged in her bonds, this way and that, abrading her wrists and ankles. Her father, practically carried by Rafe and Salvador, came toward her with a stiltlike gait. He reached the edge, and Salvador struck him sharply on the. ‘Oh, Lawrence. Millie told me we had guests. Can you introduce me to your fellow officers?’ ‘Our guests have not introduced themselves as yet, Abigail.’ Lawrence noted the sudden frown on the Major’s face, but could not tell if it was because his discourtesy had been referred to or because he had called his wife by her first name in front of strangers. ‘I do apologize for not following the niceties, Mrs. Orr,’ he emphasized her formal name. ‘Lieutenant Jones, perform the introductions.’ Both. "Christ!" Raul exclaimed. He began working through the string of subsequent messages, most of them redundant recordings from other members of the police department, with no new information, all asking that she call them as soon as possible.When he finally reached a message from Barbara's brother, he was startled at first as he listened to it, but then gave a long sigh of relief. He gently touched his wife on the shoulder, and whispered into her ear:"They're both alright, honey. Here,. Mom and dad asked Jiju to go first.He entered and came after a few minutes. Then Mom and dad went in one after the other and came out after spending some time with her. I started moving towards the door and all of them turned towards me furiously. But I continued walking. I was almost near the door and dad held me.Dad – “You don’t have the right to visit her after what you did.”I was helpless. I knew I was at the wrong end and so moved back silently. After a while, the nurse came out and asked.