He had expected a counter-attack, or a rebellion, or an encircling movement. It seemed the only attack on Brancaster had been repulsed with the aid of... the townsfolk. The General read the letter explaining the unorthodox tactics; a warning bell in his head said he would have to either keep Augustus Ling rewarded or have him killed before too long; he was clearly talented and ambitious. Still, so far he was a good logistical organiser; he would have expected to be living off the land by now and. I perked up and got Lady to walk there. *** I saw Star before I saw Josh. Star was hobbled and was roaming around the little meadow eating grass, and Josh was sitting on the bank, looking in the creek. I walked up slowly behind him, now off of Lady. I gently touched his shoulder and he swung around and stared at me. I saw that his eyes were red and he had been crying. I let go of Lady and got down on my knees beside him, "Are you okay Josh? Josh? Talk to me." I rubbed his shoulders and he just. Sue knew that I was on a chat room call and assumed that I was makingcontacts for a boy friend. She interrupted several times with suggestionsabout how I could trap a suitable man. In one way, she was a bloodynuisance, but she was helping keep me from freaking out with my exchangeswith the freak.I phoned Fran and explained my plan. She was excited by the potentialbreakthrough, but cautious about the plan. It would need approval at asenior level because of the manpower needed to make it work. It. I can’t be doing this, a small voice in the back of her mind screamed. She would have to trust that Brett would come to her rescue because she was no longer capable of resisting her evil nieces. But then wasn’t she here because of Brett? And she wasn’t the only one who had revealed part of their concealed character. Besides only caring for his own pleasure, she had seen how weak her husband appeared. He was indecisive and passive, unlike Stephanie and Amber.With the drugs clearing from her.