Joe told me, "Go first, and do what your coach, Earl, said he taught you, bunt then bat, first left this time, then right next time through."Don, the ...eliever, pushed to the front to throw to me. He had been told to throw batting practice pitches but I knew they were going to be fast and they would be accurate. I did the five bunts from the left with two of them going foul and one popping up. I blasted all he threw into the deep outfield or over the fence. Don threw a slider that I waved at. It will help to know, before we hit it, that an ugly building is the town's mosque, and how much local loyalty we can win by protecting it, while evicting and killing the lunatics that took it over."Historians and social scientists will know the stuff that will help our side to not make stupid mistakes out of ignorance."Ok. Who was I to argue?I left planning to Rick, and operations of Jack's 'special' friends. Charles sent me off to build support for his repatriation bill that would incentivize. "Just lightly push him off you if he getstoo huggy. You'll see he's not quite as intimidating as you remember." Shannon..." Carla-Jean paused to get a final smoke, then slowly groundthe cig down into the ashtray. The thought of being anywhere near Mason'shands immediately put second thoughts in her mind. "I don't know aboutthis. I don't know if I can see him, not yet." Don't you worry about Mason, Jeanie. He's just dying to see you." Shannonlaughed. Her use of her pet name for Carla-Jean, a pet. Twenty minutes passed with no word. I sat on the couch in the room, opposite was a TV but that was all. I had started to get worried that she wouldn't come back and whether she was safe. Finally the door opened and Tessa entered, looking giddy. "Hey Tim, I just met up with the guy... we're going to have a drink in the bar at the back, just wait here and we'll be back." I was somewhat confused by now, "Wait, what guy, where is he from? How do you know him?" It just seemed too surreal as I had.