I held up two fingers and reached for my cup with the other hand, bringing it to my lips for a sip."Jesus Sara. You aren't going to make it at this ra...e. You better go cool off. I will send George, Cal and Hayden down to the basement in fifteen minutes. Go pull yourself together, make some rounds and get seen by Jake before you head down there. Ty and I will get Jake outside if we can." And like a flash—he was gone.I got up a little dizzy. I was cock drunk more than drunk. Though the pot was. All you had to do was provide the uncle with enough rotgut to get him to pass out.As we pulled in front of the house in the rented car it was obvious that there had been no repairs done in the past few years and little cleaning either. The yard was strewn with trash and a couple of wrecks. We walked around the outside for a couple of minutes shaking our heads.The front door opened and an overweight man stepped out, "You two, can I help you?" Are you Tim Sellers?" I asked."Yeah and who the hell. For now, he was more than content to feel a gentle rush of air which was quite a novelty in contrast to the non-existent wind in the sunlit parts of this place.Water was an issue but Amonas thought they could rely on that strange hard-skinned fruit with the sweet watery juice inside. He could see clusters of the trees that bore it at various distances, and a nearby tree had even shed some of its fruit of its own volition. Amonas thought they would probably be most ripe and quite sweet, if trees. Have you been here before?"I said, "Yes I was. Three times. (In truth five times. Only three thatI am allowed to admit to.) Maam, you car is fixed and will run untilyou can get a better one."Mary Lu said, "Please don't be so formal. It is so embarrassing." It maybe Maam, but this is the U S Marines and not high school. Youare young and new to the Corps. You will quickly find that is safer tobe more formal and not relaxed when dealing with your troops. But I amglad that you want to find a.