“Sure,” said Matilda, rising.Bobby came in while Matilda was walking out.“Sorry I’m late,” he said, washing his hands at the kitchen sink. �...�I wanted to get the fence finished over at the Tucker place before I stopped.”“How is she?” asked Mirriam, referring to Louise Tucker, a woman of indeterminate age who lived in a tiny house on the edge of town.“She’s fine,” said Bobby. “Her daughter hasn’t called her in a week and she was fussing about that. I took it that her daughter is sick and Louise is. It isn’t in some made-up electronic world. It also isn’t in some faraway place. Remember, I’ve been there, done that and got the bullet holes to prove it.”“I guess you have a point, Matt. But what about food and water, entertainment, community, what about the government? the president, congress aren’t those important?”“Steve, we’ve had over 45 presidents, I don’t even want to try and guess how many congressmen and senators. Let alone the number of politicians down to dog catcher across this. ’ He and Di were closer to each other than either was to their brother, or any of them to their parents. She became a sort of surrogate mother later in his life when their dad was working overseas for a few years and their mom worked in some office or other. They had a strong sibling love for each other but that was all.“That was years ago, San’,” she said. “But I guess you can wear whatever you want or not wear whatever. I don’t live here any more. Do the folks know you do this when they’re. I am a close friend of Dr. Grantt; I merely wanted to meet the daughter of my Lilith.” Jake said as he looked Leola over and smiled while closing his eyes for a moment.At first Leola was startled by the male voice but when the lights came back on she nearly rushed to subdue the man, hearing he was a friend of Karen and that he knew of Lilith she figured that she could at least hear what the guy wanted before kicking his ass out of her quarters. “You knew my mother?” she asked softly before.