So, you already know that my wife came from a strict Asian background. During college summers, when we weren't living in the dorms, we went from non-s...op sex to nothing (because she was living back at home). The funny thing was, sometimes her parents would let me spend the night at their house. I lived about an hour away and they didn't want me to stay for dinner and then have to drive back too late. I would crash on their basement couch and leave after lunch the following day.One time I came. Cletus went to the chiefs' council and said that they were leaving. He wanted to take his two horses and one pack animal, plus one of the Henry rifles. They would leave most of their other goods for distribution among the tribe. Cletus said that he expected to leave within ten days.Amid the polite protestations of sorrow that Cletus was leaving, there was an undercurrent of relief. Cletus had become a burr under the saddle of conventional thinking and behavior, and they would be happy to see. Allah please save me from this, I cried silently. The Most High answered my prayers. Someone leaped onto the train tracks, caught me in his strong arms and heaved me to the platform. I lay there, and felt strong, gentle hands holding me. I looked up and saw Adam’s beautiful face. Gently he helped me to my feet and asked me if I was alright. I smiled like an idiot, and nodded. Then I passed out. When I woke up, I was at Ottawa’s Civic Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. I was lucky to be. Crop zones shifted. Cities were swallowed by rising oceans as the caps melted, which was actually a blessing for the clean-up of Marseilles. Discipline broke down and economic systems collapsed. Religions died out. Political partisans were executed frequently.A moderate earthquake hit Southern California. Nothing unusual for the area nor was the quake itself devastating by any stretch of the imagination. It was the inability to respond to the damage afterward that had caused wide-spread.