When it looked like most of the people who were going to eat had done so, Landry again stood to get everyone's attention. "There are only a few of you...with medical issues, mostly smokers. If you'll queue up by the entrance and follow the corpsman he'll take you to medical to begin your treatment. Each of you will be escorted to your pod once that has been accomplished."The rest of you need to make your way to your pods and get settled in. Those of you with dependents to be extracted need to. Shakeel eyes brightened, looking at me piercingly said, “Ok, sure, why not? You are more admirable than your friends and at this stage, I have no options too. So can you help me out Anni?” he asked. I said, “after all it is you, so I can but for this, you have to promise me that neither your brotherNor anyone should come to know, it was me who took part in the survey”. Shakeeel promised me that. Then he brought some of his questionnaire and he started the survey.He asked me, “From what age you. ” I stopped at Dave’s liquor store on the way home to pick up Everclear for Nick. I could never understand how Nick lived on that strong alcohol. Nick was already having trouble getting out of the car and walk into the house. By the time I finished my shower and came down to the family room, Nick had managed to mix his drink with Everclear and was partially lying down on the sofa. Nick was holding his drink in one hand and the remote in the other while watching television. A look of pain flitted across her face."Haven't ... got any ... left," she said. She breathed deeply several times. "They all act ... like I have AIDS or something." I'm sorry," he said."There is the support group," she said sadly. "But I don't think any of them are into racquetball." She brightened, but not much. "I did find an apartment." Good," he said. "Lock your doors."She looked at him, her mouth open."I'm sorry," he said. "Habit." Thank you," she said suddenly."What for? You won fair and.