”She touched the strings of my heart. I flew out and picked her up. While she was packing her things, the trucker told me he’d picked her up on th... highway and she'd wanted to stay with him.“I don’t mean any disrespect, sir, but you’ve got a real slut for a daughter. She just got to be too much for me to handle. I’m not as young as I used to be. Good luck to you. You’ve got your hands full.”I felt like poking the son of a bitch, but I was also grateful that he hadn’t harmed her so I maintained. ’ One thing about Larry was he was easy to talk to. Right from the start I felt comfortable with him, his conversation and body language putting me at complete ease. I leant that he had an adult son and a daughter but was long since divorced. In turn, I recounted my life story and how I came to be in his presence. He listened without interruption until I finished and then smiled in a caring kind of way. We continued to chat aimlessly until we finished our meals, then agreed to move to an. “Very well, what are they?” Mom inquired now, my own curiosity piqued as well as hers.“One, that he handpicks a sizable number of people, worthy of what is being asked of him, to create a community that will be able to hold its own in the new society sure to follow. Two, that he takes them back to the past to a time and place of his choosing. Don’t worry, the events affecting them in the timeline that is altered will not be reversed regardless of what else is.“Philip must find a place in time. Yes, the boat is being cleansed of the evil and restored to be a happy, loving place."We took Mercy into the salon and asked if she would like a drink. "Do you have any really cold beer? You all make me think that's what I want to drink, a beer."I went down to the galley and got three beers and two Diet Cokes. We talked for a while, and then Sue and Sheila said they wanted to show Mercy the rest of the boat. They were gone for over a half-hour, and when they came back, the three of them were in.