" Murphy sounded defeated. I looked how he sounded. Instantly Iwanted to cry again, but I just flopped down on the bed with a look of shockon my face...."But they must have the records, the old research ..." "If they wanted to shut down a place so fast after buying it, they musthave because of competition. All records and research by now have beenshipped off to their headquarters." "Then I'm ..." "Yep." I stared off into space for a moment, trying to comprehend what I washearing. I was stuck like. Flight that would arrive around 1 p.m.“Sarah?! I thought you fell off the face of the Earth! Thank you for your condolences. I will be coming in on Friday October 13th at 1 p.m. Do you think you can pick me up? I’ll treat you to lunch before the 6 p.m. funeral?”“Swoosh," my phone sounded, as I replied back to her. I loved going to Nashville. The scenery was always welcomed in my eyes. Beautiful women, good beer, barbecue… and then there was Sarah, the distant second cousin that I had forbidden. You deserve a good spanking.”“And who is going to do that? You?”“You bet I will.”She actually hadn’t done that to me yet, but later that month she kept her word.We finally wound up on the crescent-shaped strand along Orchard Beach. This place was owned by the city, and there were two large 1930s-era Art Deco bathhouses. The beach was nicknamed “The Working Class Riviera,” which appealed to my sense of reverse snobbism. In truth, I actually preferred the state-owned Jones Beach out on Long. As you know, less than 72 hours ago, our sovereign soil was violated in a border clash designed to provoke the world’s sympathy for the banditti leaders of Finland and thus turn them against our honorable leader Comrade Stalin.”He watched Major-General Vitaly casually stroll back and forth around the officers, as one would expect of a rancher or farmer inspecting his prized collection of cows and steers before sending them to market. He went on with his speech, “Comrades, each of us will.