“What was she like and who does she think taking advantage of?”He smiled at her reaction. “She was alright but nothing compared to you.” She l...oked at him and asked, “Why me Kabir? You are quite good looking and also good at everything. I am sure you could have any girl of your own age. I am old enough to be your mother. So what this is all about fancying me?”He looked embarrassed and said, “I don’t know. But I don’t like any girl of my age. They all are so girlish. You look really pretty. You. There were several messages waiting for me on the phone in my hotel room. One was from my wife, another was from her father and the third was from a DEA agent which brought a smile to my face. I then checked my cell phone and saw several messages waiting for me.I played the messages from the hotel phone. The first was from my wife and she was crying, "Baby its me. I'm in big trouble and I really need you. Please come home now. Please." after that all I heard was crying.The next message was from. Usually the place was pretty busy after six o'clock, even on a weeknight. I ordered a glass of red wine and the house special that evening. I was in a good mood. My first days away from the office and I was up. I started thinking about what next. Selling the apartment was just the first step. Where to from there? I had no idea. I needed to give that some thought.My less-than-developed plan involved putting my furniture into storage, loading my clothes and small items in the car and taking off.. " And tomorrow?" Tomorrow, we go north. They have a town or small city northeast of here, up on the Mogollon Rim. They call it Outpost. I'll tell you true, Judy. I don't think this Outpost place can hold the bad guys. Gamelin says there are only a few thousand regular soldiers there, another couple thousand summer militia." Summer militia?" Judy asked. She was frustrated; it was bad enough not to know Gamelin's language, but not understanding Tuck when he was speaking English made her want to.