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76%u201cWe need to establish a course of action. Is this good with you?%u201dShe nodded and sipped from her glass. %u201cYes. But do you not think it%u2019s hopeless?%u201d she asked him.%u201cNo. I don%u2019t. I believe we create our own futures. One just needs to convince oneself it%u2019s possible. I think this, Plan A: we blackmail the vicar. Plan B: we sell the half-dead, half alive Caroline to the clinic. Plan C: I cash in all of my assets and the three of us go to South America.%u201dShe thought for a full minute in silence, and then cried.%u201cWhat%u2019s wrong?%u201d he asked.%u201cI am not happy with plan B. It would be cruel if Caroline can feel anything at all, which I am convinced she can after she squeezed our hands.%u201dJohn leant forward and wiped away her tear with his thumb.%u201cA Venus fly trap can feel,%u201d he said softly. %u201cIt doesn%u2019t mean it suffers pain as we know it.%u201d%u201cShe enjoys sex. I know she does. A Venus fly trap doesn%u2019t do that,%u201d Dawn retorts.John thought about it. %u201cSo be it. Just plan A: and Plan C. So now we have to dream up something you will have to do so we can blackmail the vicar,%u201d John said. %u201cHow elaborate?%u201d she asked.%u201cWell. He%u2019s no fool. We need to be very clever indeed to outsmart him. I will put a sign on the door tomorrow saying we are closed in the short term due to a family bereavement. It will allow us to focus on saving you,%u201d he told her.%u201cI could give up my flat. The saving of rent will help us. And I have five hundred pounds saved in my bank account,%u201d she said.%u201cDon%u2019t worry about that. Put all your thoughts on how we ensnare the vicar,%u201d he told her, filling her glass and his own.Suddenly, the door opened, and Caroline was standing there, her eyes open, but glazed and unseeing, her arms out-stretched and saliva dribbling from her mouth.%u201cMy God!%u201d John exclaimed.%u201cDawn was up and rushing over to her. %u201cIt%u2019s me, Dawn, darling. Let The Undertaker