" The sound assaulted his eardrums. It was loud—so much so that the fact of the offensive noise overwhelmed its attempt at communication. He knew th...t he wouldn't get back to sleep after this. Despite the sound of the man speaking to him, he didn't open his eyes. This was a routine played out time after time in Albert's existence. He had fallen asleep in his easy chair watching the late movie and never made it to bed. The din penetrating every corner of the living room was the television with. Why did I have to have all these feelings in me? It would be so much easier if he hurt me to just hate him and not be all confused and hopeful and aching and longing.“I could ... make it right.” His eyes were almost pleading. They were full of ... re-evaluation. Consideration blossomed in them. He ... appraised me. The way a man appraised a woman. A wave of heat shot through me. “Please, Becky.”“In front of everyone?” I asked him. “You have to prove to them because ... because ... You just do!. Before going to the shop, I toured the truck and RV store and walked over to the cart store and plant. There were four of the new police carts in the show room probably waiting to get a commitment from the city to test them. I wondered if Abe had the engines that he was talking about in progress.To answer that, I went to the new R&D building to see what was going on in there. The one area was working on three different types of small motors. They had them bolted into a bare frame with no front,. “It may...”“We are under attack,” McKinsey interrupts, raising his voice. “I want this person found. Do whatever it takes. There are too many lives being lost and too many more at stake.”“I’ll get started right away then,” Strandon says, ending the conversation. He leaves the office and heads straight out for his car. Detaran wants resources to be used to the max. It is time to take it to the next level then.Strandon drove into the country. His parents owned a small cottage just outside Fairfax.