The Coast Guard abandoned the Pentwater Lifeboat Station in 1965 and no longer keep a crew at Pentwater so the Oceana County Sheriffs Department keeps... a seasonal boat at the Village Docks. They keep the fishing folks out of the landing zone ... mostly. There is always someone ... part of Murphy’s Law ... don’t you know. Today was no exception. Junior ... when she buzzes the lake she’s low enough to leave a rooster tail. The boat and wet fishermen were speeding to safety when she came. ’ said Mrs. Veasley. ‘We are always ready to help young ladies from bad men. But is it true about the Community Center property?’ ‘Yes.’ I said. ‘But don’t worry, I have ideas for stopping that. And I do think you for standing up for Councilwoman Schoen.’ I was looking at the old man who had wheeled, up, seeing his American Legion hat. ‘Mr. Davis,’ I said to the ancient man in the wheelchair, ‘weren’t you one of the Paratroopers that jumped behind the lines on D-Day?’ ‘Aw, that’s nothing.’ he. Donnie had the further distance to travel. He had to navigate through the farmyard and then along a long approach road before finally meeting the A84 public highway. Turning left onto this road, he made his way through the little village of Kilmahog before taking the bridge over the River Teith that gave him access to the Bochastle Hill portion of the farm.Even the public roads were deep in snow and it was only the fact that the ATV was four-wheel drive that stopped the journey of three miles. The fifth thing was the most disturbing of all.Staring back at her from the mirror above the washstand was a much younger version of herself. Sitting down heavily on the bed she tried to come to grips with what she’d seen and heard since she’d awakened. Nothing made any sense, least of all her reflection.Sometime during the next few minutes, she’d fallen asleep, awakening two hours later from a strange dream. A vivid dream of violence, power, and control. A dream she not only embraced but.