" Then I'll name you after my dad's old car, then one he used to drive meto school in when I was a boy. Ship, your name is BESSIE, a name that thecrim...nal element will come to know and fear in the months and years tocome!"After flying over the road for a few miles, Bessie detected the presenceof life forms in a house on the beach not far from the docks and toldFortunata:"There are life forms down in that house that read as two humans and oneBem'Zaali." We'd better land so I can investigate the. That earned me a smile. “Yes, I know you. I know you better than you know you. You can be real bossy at times. These are your friends, not your second lieutenants!”I snorted at that, but it made me think. For revenge, I toasted some bread for lunch and made myself a couple of sardine sandwiches. Marilyn loudly protested the smell, and I retaliated by threatening to teach Charlie about sardine sandwiches and anchovy pizzas. That brought another round of protests. It reminded me of the first time. The only thing that April left out, which I feel is very important, is Bruce telling us that someday he would get even with us. I believe he kept his revengeful promise against us till the following year." I read it in your statement, Mr. Snyder, but please repeat it for the record." We hadn't talked to Bruce - Mr. Brown - for almost a year. We had gotten married after April had lived with me for a couple of months. Then one day, out of the blue, he called and invited us to the Earth Day. But now summer before my Freshman year in high school was officially in session and I had no school for the next eleven weeks, and I had a plane ticket to go back to California for two weeks. I was walking out of the San Diego International Airport when I was greeted by former best friend Brandon and shuttled off to his house (across the street from my former home). After a short while of conversing and checking up on old times with Brandon I let him know that I was going to go try to make.