.. twice, in fact.“Mr. President. I am Thrilled and honored that you would even consider me for such a promotion, but isn’t General Wilson a far b...tter pick than me?” I was going to try and head this off, once and for all.Truman didn’t even have the decency to blink. “Phil, General Wilson recommended YOU for this job. Actually, fifteen of my cabinet and personal staff recommended you for this.”He saw the doubt and hesitancy in my eyes. Before I could object he hit me where it hurt the most.. In complete frustration she had finally approached Ron Zelch, who had been teaching fourth grade at David Barton Elementary School for two decades. On the wall behind his desk were pictures of groups of men in uniform. She'd never paid any attention to them before, but now he was a potential source of advice."What can I do for you?" asked the man who was old enough to be her elderly father."Are you in any of those pictures?" she asked."Most of them," he said."I need your help."When she. And we were to make sure it got done today. It would be our asses if we didn’t. So, if you don’t mind ma’am, we would really like to get started.” “Thank you. Of course, go ahead and check.” Angela turned away again to talk to Michael, but when she put the phone to her ear, the phone was dead. The men began to look around, checking the stove and fridge and several other things. They turned on the hot water in the kitchen and the bathroom as well, also checking under both sinks. One of them. Unknown to Cullen Edward had kidnapped a skinny village girl, leaving her in a trunk in the next room.Edward pulls out and as he is leaving the bedroom says, “I have a surprise for you Cullen.”Edward returns with inhuman quickness dragging the trunk, he unlatches and opens the trunk revealing the frightened girl paralyzed with fear.“Who might this waif be?” Asks Cullen as he approaches the girl in the trunk.Edward answers in a soft voice that hides his sinister intentions, “I plucked from under.