condensed master

Will Bonner
it wasn't a dream! "Are you awake Will? How are you feeling?"
Will felt the relief envelop him, at last now that Margaret was here he could
get things resolved. He struggled to get up, but he was restrained. "My family!
I must know if they are alright?"
"They're all fine Will, try and relax."
His head and vision were clearing rapidly now and he was gaining his
composure. Margaret sat opposite him her legs crossed, dressed in the same
outfit she had been wearing when conducting operations at the Byer residence
that night.
"I see you're dressed in your catering outfit, have you managed to get
another job?"
She smiled. "No."
"I notice you haven't brought your boy friend with you." She smiled again.
"I'm glad to see that you're back to your old self. There's someone coming
to take you home so we haven't got much time. Is it alright to talk, do you feel
up to it?" They were now alone in the room and there was little or no activity
going on in the surgery.
"I guess there's no time like the present."
"Where's Dan?"
Will hesitated. He didn't want to talk about what had happened but he
knew he must. Margaret was the only person in the world that could help him.
"How did you know that Dan was around?"
She ignored his question. "I must know where he is." Will turned his head
away, the whole incident at the spillway was circulating in his mind and he
started to shiver. Margaret walked over to him a look of concern on her face.
She put her hand on his shoulder as if to quell the shaking. "My God,
something terrible has happened hasn't it?" Will nodded.
"Have you killed him?"
"No."
"But he is dead, isn't he?"
"Yes."
"How did it happen?"
"He followed me up to the reservoir to kill me. We fought like we did at
your house and fortunately for me he lost again. He finished up down the
spillway ramp. His body will be trapped in the baffles under the water until
tonight, when the control mechanism closes off the water and opens the baffles,
and his body will float out into the lake." Will proceeded to go through the
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