<strong>Tabitha</strong><br/><br/>She was leaning over the back of an old couch they kept in the attic, trying to look at whatever Melinda was reading. Tabitha was exhausted and ready to crash, her mood only worsened by the 7 text messages she had received overnight from her boss. She forced herself to ignore it, though she worried that if she did not respond soon he would not give her the job back. Suddenly she straightened and paced the room, restless and irritable.<br/><br/><em>"He is back, Sha'kos is back. That bastard he has come to gloat."</em><br/><br/>She whirled to face Chloe, shock on her face. "Are you serious? He has some nerve!" she hissed angrily. Following her sister down the stairs and too the front door, Tabitha was shaking, she had a terrible feeling of dread suddenly.<br/><br/>Her body froze, she simply stood and stared as Chloe tried to help Cassie but to no avail. Her eyes darted around, knowing that Sha'Kos had to be observing this moment somehow. Her heart broke as Cassie lost her life, but she was more focused on Chloe's tears and her hair. The situation was grim, things were getting out of hand and she could tell they were all on the verge of losing their grip on sanity.<br/><br/>As she retrieved a blanket from the living room, Tabitha remembered Lewis, he was going to be crushed. She shivered, wondering if he would ever forgive them for Cassie's death.<br/><br/><strong>Melinda</strong><br/><br/>Melinda was engrossed in an old text when Chloe spoke. She looked up, her eyes wide in surprise. It was not like Sha'Kos to come at them this way. She shivered, feeling edgy and scared. She stood and followed her sisters downstairs, though when they arrived at the front door Melinda wished she could run and hide. She had not known Cassie well, but the state of her poor body and the manner in which she was dying, her heart broke and she rushed from the room.<br/><br/>Somehow Melinda knew there was nothing she could do to help Cassie and she chose instead to take the Vicar some tea. They had moved him to a guest room during to night and he was still sleeping when she entered the room. Taking a seat in the chair by the window Melinda let her tears fall. She cried for the Vicar and his family, she cried for Cassie, she sobbed for Brian. "When are you guys going to step up and help us!?" she cried out to the heavens, knowing the elders were looking down even now.