She said something to them and gestured toward me and Dee. The doctor leaned over to me and whispered, “B.O. S. S. agents. Be careful.” My back stiffened as I watched them come to us. “These are the daughters,” Officer Jelneck said. “She’s fifteen and the little one is eleven.” “I’m Agent Meadows,” the man said. “This is Agent Crupp. You’ll be coming with us.” This has to be some awful dream, I thought. My mother’s dead, my father’s alive, and here are two B.O.S.S. agents who are taking me and Dee who knows where. What little grip I still had on my emotions was slipping fast away. “Now.” The woman spun on her heel and walked away. “What about my mother?” I said. “I need to call my grandparents.” “Your grandparents have been notified,” Meadows said. “Due to regulations regarding the use of the Infinity machine, the body belongs to the government and will be disposed of in the usual manner.” He attempted to shoo Dee and me along after Crupp.
