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a relative comes out of the woodwork to take her and you’ve gotten yourself attached?I know what you went through with the miscarriage and I can’t bear to see your heart break again.” The lines on his face deepened with concern.
    “I’ve thought about that, Michael, and I guess I’ll deal with it when, or if, the time comes. I know this seems like a spur-of-the-moment thing, but there was something about her that I can’t explain. I couldn’t bear to see her put into one of those homes. And I might as well tell you now, if it comes down to it and I’m able—I’ll adopt her.” I felt my eyes begin to brim with tears.
    Michael let go of my hand, looking somewhat shocked. “You’ll adopt her, Cee? What about me? Am I a part of this?”
    “I’m sorry, Michael.” I realized my mistake. “Of course you are. We’ll adopt her, she’ll be our daughter.”
    As he smiled and gently touched my cheek, I noticed the television. Kelly Dixon’s murder had already made the news.
    “Turn that up.”
    We watched the short news clip in silence and I felt myself become alarmed. They didn’t say much about the murder but the only part that sunk in was when the newscaster said, “…the victim leaves behind a daughter.” What if Michael was right? What if a relative came forth after seeing the news? And if that wasn’t enough to make me lose sleep for the night, the following weather report would.
    “Jesus! Look at that…” Michael let out a low whistle.
    The radar showed a line of tornado-producing thunderstorms headed right for us, and it was large. The meteorologist was pointing to a purple mass and waving his arms about excitedly. He was saying the mass of storms was one of the largest on record, and telling everyone inthe viewing area to be on their guard and have the proper emergency survival kits ready. I put my face in my hands and groaned.
    “I can’t go through that again.” I was thinking of the Shiloh tornado, and the visions of bodies were still fresh in my mind.
    “Don’t flip out yet.” He leaned forward toward the screen. “If you look where we are on the radar, the storms may just clip us. North of us is going to get the brunt of it.”
    “I hope you’re right.”
July 6
    How can I put into words what hell this place is? We are not allowed to leave without permission. I can’t even spend time with my own daughters without asking. I fear she is offering Molly to the other men as a reward, but I can’t get her alone to ask. If I am right, that woman is going to pay much more than I had originally planned.
    She said at the last vigil that Eve spoke to her and told her that women became empowered on their twelfth birthday, and to celebrate their power over men. She didn’t come out and say it, but I know she meant sex. I’m so angry and disgusted I want to kill her with my bare hands.
    But, unlike J, death would not be the worst thing for her. For her to rot in a prison cell for life would make me happy enough, and I will relish the day I visit her in jail.
    She opened the books today and showed us that we have $78,000 in our fund — or SHE does! She told us that $20,000 would be used for a large purchase we’d learn about later. I can only begin to imagine what that might be.
    Luckily, when I was sent to the grocery store I was able to make some copies of the accounts to place with this journal. It’s going to take a while to get everything together that I’ll need.
    We are now having three prayer meetings a day. After cooking for everyone, cleaning, and preparing for the meetings, it leaves me with very little time. She claims to be getting more visions quicker so I anticipate we’ll begin having even more meetings. One of my biggest concerns is that she said our training was going to begin very soon…
    R—
    I was trying to prepare myself for when Lola woke up. At two years old, she would be scared and confused. I wanted to make it as easy for her as I could. I had only slept for two