Yesterday, a truck driving by the school had its cargo load escape. A bunch of loose barrels rolled out and struck a cleaner on the side of the road, ...owling over, crushing and killing the elderly woman instantly. Rooster had been hopping by on his pogo stick when he saw her mangled corpse, the crowd circled around her, snapping cell phone pics.“She survived the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, only for this...” Rooster said to me, standing on the front steps of our building.He was. Yet I understand the necessity for her rush.Her help in this one area alone more than paid back any and all favors I ever did for her. Not that we kept score on this. And we would do much more for each other in the future.I was very shaky for the next few days as I was finally fully awake from my dream. But while it took Anna many difficult weeks to fully adjust to her new abilities and freedoms, with her help I managed it in a much lesser time.Only after I was fully comfortable in my new mind. "Push him hard, I want him happy to be back at work." Nicole, I have to be honest," Scooter said, "This is a bunch of raft guides. We work hard, and we play hard. You know what I said about repairing our reputation." Randy's a big boy," Nicole grinned. "He can take care of himself." You've been warned," Scooter laughed."Yo, everybody," Al's voice boomed out. "I guess everyone is here, so we might as well get moving. Crystal, Preach, you take point. Those that are going on the crew bus, get. M.A. It was our last Tuesday outing of the season and we were trying to have a good time.Mr. Oldham joined us for dinner and Suzanne told him that I had to report to school the next day. I didn't say anything about the Colonel telling me that I was a junior in name only or that he had called me private. He didn't react immediately and I hoped that he wouldn't ask questions. I didn't want him interceding on my behalf.That evening I packed the clothes and toilet articles that I would need to take.