<b><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(226, 80, 65)">Gregory Widcombe and Abby Daniels</span></b><br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Abby looked at the maid's dress and knew it was going to be baggy on her.  She wasn't blessed with that many curves.  But it would work.  <br/>
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"Thank you, Rikkie."  She was about to head to the powder room to change when Greg came up to her.<br/>
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"Abby, the landline is down.  And my cellphone isn't working," he told her in a low voice.<br/>
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Abby pulled out her phone, but couldn't get a signal either.  "So much for 911.  Should we ask around to see if anyone else is getting a signal?"<br/>
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"We could.  But there's a cell tower less than a mile from the house, so I'm thinking it's the cell tower and not our phones that is the problem."<br/>
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"Maybe the cell tower got struck by lightning?  Though that doesn't explain why the landline is also down."<br/>
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"Cell towers are always being struck by lightning, so I doubt that's the reason.  Let's not worry the other guests about it just yet." <br/>
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"It seems like someone is trying to isolate us here and lock us in,"  Abby muttered.  "I really wish the pregnant woman were laying on a bed instead of a couch."<br/>
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"Her name is Justina," Greg volunteered.  "And the couch she's on is a sleeper sofa."<br/>
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"Rich people own sleeper sofas?  I thought with all those bedrooms upstairs, you wouldn't need a sleeper sofa.  Well, let's open it up and get her laying down.  And then we're going to need something in the way of a privacy screen for when she's giving birth."<br/>
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"We have a couple of Japanese silk screens from the Meiji Dynasty that we could use.  I'll go get them from dad's study once we've opened the couch and gotten Justina settled."<br/>
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Going over to the woman, Abby leaned down and introduced herself.<br/>
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"Hello, Justina.  I'm Abby.  I'll be assisting in the delivery of your baby, when the time comes.  Could I get you to stand up long enough for us to open this couch into a bed?" </span>