Newton Company this morning, all activities usually ran, with all employees performing their duties properly.

Sky arrived, and everyone he came into contact with immediately greeted him as warmly as possible. Still, the best reply was just a flat smile, the man's mind a little chaotic for a morning that should have started with great enthusiasm.

Ford stepped up behind him, and their expressions were the same, flat and tense. Since learning that Bella's situation was much worse, Ford felt even more guilty, and he wished he could take Rose to see Charita so that his girlfriend would admit her mistake and apologize.

"Even if I have to tie her...