"Mom", says Melissa, "What do you know about Douglas"
"I happen to know him rather well, and I think he was the ideal man to lead your community."
"Wait a minute, Ma", says Carl, "How do you know him".
"Why, on Skype, of course. Robert introduced us a couple of years ago, and Douglas would frequently consult with me for advice on how to lead your community."
"I can't believe what I am hearing", says Carl.
"He is a delightful man, very caring, very devoted and very spiritually gifted. How could you possibly throw him out like that, and have him escorted by police?"
"Our own mother", says Melissa, now sounding shocked and shaken, and this will be the first time I have heard real emotion in her voice, apart from when I saw her crying yesterday."
"Mom", says Carl, "Please don't come. Please, stay in Switzerland."
"But I can't dear. Didn't you know?"
"Know what?"
"I have been thrown out of the community here. I have nowhere else to go. Please, let me come and stay with you."
"Where are you right now?"
"In a hotel room in Zurich. And it's getting expensive and I'm running out of money." And now she is weeping...
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