"Sure! Go ahead. How are you?" you ask. She breaks down on your shoulder, sobbing unintelligibly. You pat her on the back, assuring her of anything an... everything.You are pulled out of your moral support role and back into your lifeguard role by a loud yell. You look around to see who yelled, but the wind had picked up without you noticing and the waves were high. It also started raining and the sky was pierced by a lightning bolt. You stand up and started shouting for people to get back yo the. They were carrying placards.“No Poison Water,” they chanted. “No Poison Water!”The protesters marched to the front of the room, blocking the council table, separating the audience from their leaders. As they crowded to fill the front, one of them bumped Cal’s easel and knocked it down. Roxie could hear Homer’s gavel pounding away. The harder Homer thumped, they louder the protesters chanted.“Poor Cal,” Roxie thought. “He doesn’t deserve any of this.”The mob of protesters kept up their chant.. But I just didn't care because I saw what was on the pack: the bright blue ice pack. Alison set the box on the floor then she scooped off the ice pack and pulled up my t-shirt. She winced, shaking her head, her eyes growing watery. She placed the pack down on one of those pulsing, throbbing centers of hurt on my back.Ice soothed it away. I groaned at the numbing touch. “Thanks.”“It makes me so angry that he does that to you,” she said, sitting on the bed beside her. “I know you didn't steal. “Um, yes, but, uh, 2 more back on the right side.” Niki said, her eyes looking back and forth nervously between Max and his father.“Oh? Dad, good job, you never told me. Twice hmm?”“Er, yes, I figured I’d take care of her while she peed in the yard, I know how much she likes following your rule, first was early this morning, no one else was up so...”. Roger kept his face pointed towards Max, studiously ignoring his wife, making it clear he had no intention of getting her approval.“Oh,.