Chapter Sixteen "The perfect cure for a near death experience," Susan said. "Shopping!" "I still don't see how you can be so happy seeing as we were almost...
Chapter Seventeen In her dreams, Ronald came to her first. He held out his hand to her and she took it. She felt a light sensation and then, there she was, ...
Chapter Eighteen A soft tinkling reached her ears when she opened the music box. Miriam listened for a moment, letting the sweet melody wash over her. The tune...
Chapter Nineteen "Oh, dammit, Sophie." "Hold still, Miriam, I'm trying to put this shirt on you." "You don't have to rip my arms off doing it, you know." ...
Chapter Twenty "What you gotta work on," Susan said after the revealing of Melanie, "is your walk." They were in Susan's large living room. Its hardwood floors...
Chapter Twenty One When the sun rose the next morning, Miriam was already getting ready. She wasn't filming today, so today would be the first time that Miriam...
Chapter Twenty Two MELANIE STEVENS Melanie hammered a lose board over the hole in her apartment door. She had ripped off one of her cupboard doors and nailed...
Chapter Twenty Three MIRIAM PARKER After Miriam stepped out of Melanie, she took a long, hot shower. Melanie had come close to getting caught by Harold, but...
Chapter Twenty Five The knock on the door came again. Miriam's face paled. "Do you recognize him?" she whispered softly. "No." Susan whispered back. "I have no...
Chapter Twenty Six They barreled along the roadway towards Sophie's apartment. Neither Miriam nor Susan said anything, afraid of what they would find. The cars...
Chapter Twenty Seven "Oh my god, SOPHIE!" Miriam screamed. Susan slammed the door behind them and they ran to their friend. Miriam clutched Sophie to her,...
Chapter Twenty Eight "What kind of a question is that?" Susan asked. "Do I have guns in the house?" Her eyes had gone mean while she drove her shiny corvette. ...
Chapter Twenty Nine The man stepped forward from the darkness, flicking his cigarette ashes to the ground with a smooth movement. He was tall, well over six...
Chapter Thirty As large as the house seemed outside, it seemed even bigger inside. It was a mass of hallways and wooden floors, many doorways of varying sizes...
Chapter Thirty One Her dreams opened her head up like a movie camera. She saw how Toby died, felt the images being released by the stress of the past few days,...
Chapter Thirty Two Miriam waited another moment and heard the knock again. It was soft. Still, she was worried it may be an intruder. The note from X had ...
Chapter Thirty Three The kiss was warm and soft. It melted her mouth, her lips and set her stomach on fire. She felt a passion bubbling in her that she had not...
Chapter Thirty Four The scream came again when Derrick and Miriam got to the house. It was Sophie. They ran up the stairs and barreled into her bedroom. Susan...
Chapter Thirty Five Miriam, shaken by what she had read, read the note again. She could not believe that X was being so foolish. The note made her blood boil ...
Chapter Thirty Six The Tall Dark Haired Man smiled at them in the moonlight. "Wanted to play a little rumple foreskin huh?" he asked with a sneer. He looked at...
Chapter Thirty Seven Loud thumping came from the basement. Miriam smiled at Susan as they enjoyed their coffee. "Sounds like our visitor is awake." Susan said....
Chapter Thirty Eight When Miriam was done, she looked at Derrick again. There were tears streaming down her cheeks. She had told him everything, from Bruces' ...
Chapter Thirty Nine "My name..." the man spluttered. "Yes," Susan said with a sneer. "You have one don't you?" "Yes...My name is...George." "Do you have a last...
Chapter Forty "You look incredible." Derrick said. They were upstairs in the bathroom. Susan, Sophie and Derrick stared at Miriam as she came out of the...
Chapter Forty One Miriam stood at the closed door and looked at Derrick. He was partially in the shadow, giving his feathres more definition. She found her...
Chapter Forty Two The morning came quickly. Too quickly for Miriam's tastes. She snuggled closer to Derrick, relishing in his warmth. He groaned, rolled over...
Chapter Forty Three Susan and Melanie stepped out of the car. Before they exited, Derrick gave them the run down on the survelience equipment. "The car's...
Chapter Forty Four Melanie stepped into Howard Kowalski's office and the receptionist closed the door behind her with a soft muted click. Howard looked up from...
Chapter Forty Five Melanie refused to say anything to Susan until they were in the limo with the others. They all looked at her. "Well?" Susan prompted. ...