Kathy almost laughed in his face. “That’s absurd. Impossible.” She leaned back and nodded. “Three months, you say?” Kathy was about to agree to his terms.
“Before you choose, it is only fair that you understand what your life will be like here should our project succeed. I’ve asked Fredrick to join us and together we will describe it as best we can. We wish to be fair. Your final decision, Mrs. Ryan, ought to be an informed one.” He pressed a button on his desk. They sat in silence for a few minutes waiting for Fredrick.
He entered without glancing at Kathy. “Well, Uncle, has the b***h decided?”
“Not yet. I’ve told her that together we would give her some sense of what her life would be like should she become a member of our little household.”
Frederick pulled up a chair next to Doct
