Alfred’s getting on now, Brad was his youngest son, so Alfred is well into his eighties, Uncle Bernie is too, I think, although he’s not really Br...d’s natural uncle. I got home from location, to drop off my bags first, but Alfred was already waiting for me at our house in Burbank, he has a key, as we do to their place. He looked really old and frail, as if he knew he would never see his favourite youngest son again. And I suppose I’ve known that since then, too. But I had to come, didn’t I,. Most men never passed. They lived out their lives as the villagemen, with their land and their families and their crafts, and were, for the most, content. Generally, as age wore on, they would decline the test when the time came, only a few struggling on year after year until they succeeded or passed on. To pass the test first-time was not unknown, certainly, but it was far from usual. "Don't worry too much about it this time," his father (who had only gone once himself, and declined to go. I guess I thought you would call me at my parents house." I would have if I had known you were going to be there." Don't get angry with me. I said I was sorry. It won't happen again."Both of us were a little tense now so I changed the subject. I asked about her parents then I talked about how the class was going and finally ended the call with 'I love you' and Lisa returned the sentiment.For the next few days our daily chats were back to normal. That is until Thursday. When I called Lisa at. "It happened to us just about a year ago." Uh, you're from the future too?" Sally asked, a stunned look on her face."Yes, but we were kicked back here from the year 2005," Cassie said."Mr. Hill, who are those people over there?" Cindi asked."They are our family and friends," I said. "They're not from the future, so we asked them to stay over there until we'd talked to you." Do they know you're from the future?" Cindi asked."Katie, the redhead does. The other two do not," I said. "We've been.