"Did I tell you about the cars at the bank with Federal plates yesterday?"Bryan Cocked his head, "No I think you forgot to tell me," he answered. "Wha...t did I miss?" It's just weird," she replied. "There have been three black Suburbans parked in front of the bank for the last two days. They have Federal Government plates." She paused and squinted, as if trying to access some thought just beyond the periphery of her reach. "I wonder if they are being audited," She mused. "Should we think about. Melanie Jackson will come in most days around noon and do little things like wound checks. Take a person's blood pressure. If someone comes in that needs to really be seen by the doc she'll call him and tell him what's going on and he tells her what to do. But when she comes in and finds you all here she's going to go nuts. She doesn't like her little world messed with," Luke finished with a chuckle.The four stood there talking about nothing really until Cathy came from the back."Mark will be. "As you said Mistress,here I am smooth faced and starved to 70 kilos," he cooedanticipating my pleasure."Well my love, we don't have a moment to lose. You must trust mecompletely - when we are finished you will be totally transformed andyou will love the new you," I said."I would trust you with my life Mistress," he cried. "This will bethe end of the old and the beginning of a new life," I whispered.I led him too my bathroom and ran a hot bath - after he had soakedfor a while I shaved his legs. ”They dismounted once they’d neared the commotion, looping their reins around a nearby hitching post. Ellerie and Boktar were leading the rest of the group toward them.“What’s going on?” Corec asked a man who was walking past him. When the man didn’t reply, Corec tugged on his shirt sleeve. The man turned, but his eyes weren’t focusing on anything. There was blood on his shirt but he didn’t seem to be injured. Corec asked the question again, but the man just looked confused.Treya had crouched.