She knew that voice well enough now. It was his sadistic side coming loose. The kind, reasonable man that she spoke to about her life did not exist he...re. To this side, she was little if not nothing more than a toy to be used for his sick pleasure. If she happened to enjoy herself as well, it was simply coincidence as far as he was concerned.The experience was among the most exhilarating that she'd ever had the good fortune to be subject to. She barked once to communicate that she would remain. He took one step towards the bath, not realizing he did so. Then, three large men walked in, each carrying tubs of water. Two were steaming, and the third was cold, so as to regulate the temperature a bit. They dumped the water into the bath, then left, not glancing at Topain. Topain crossed the distance to the bath and stepped gingerly onto the raised platform. The maid offered her arm to hold him steady as he stepped in and immersed his body. Then, she took a few more herbs out of her. "We'll finish cleaning up later. We've got to go."We exited through the front door, and headed to the golf carts."It's a little crowded with 5 in a cart," announced Lisa. "We'll take a second cart."The TK's looked skeptical, but nodded in agreement.Kai climbed in her cart. "Follow us."Lorraine muttered. "Like we're going to get lost; this road only goes one place.When we were arrived at the pier, the U's were tossing the last coconuts into the bin. We could see the ship pulling up, about 200. I glanced down at the piece of paper with the room number on it and then back into Grace’s teary eyes and all I could do was swallow and nod absentmindedly. I turned and somehow, I found myself walking into the main entrance of the University hospital. I don’t remember getting back into my car or driving to the hospital or parking even… I was just…here. I rode the elevator up to the floor and then found the nurses’ station for that floor and asked for the room that Kathie was supposedly.