As she slowly rolled down the window, Jim could see her tear stained face, as she tried to return his smile. Seeing that something was bothering her, ...im quickly went to the other side and slid in the front seat. During the next twenty minutes, Valerie had explained that she discovered that her stepmother was having an affair with one of the neighbors while her father was away on business. She went on to explain that she stopped home after leaving work early, and heard the wild sexual activity. I led the way as we ran down the tunnel looking for some clue as to where to find AI. Dammit, we came to another nearly closed door, but we were able to push it open by the use of brute strength. We rushed into a room that resembled the one we had seen within the interface dome, but this room was vast in floor area, though not in ceiling height.There were four corridors leading in different directions, so I split us up into pairs and sent each pair down a different hallway. Sue and I took the. I drove like that for at least an hour, hoping I gave Stevie a chance to close up and leave. Finally I pulled up to the store, and there were no lights on inside. I let out a sigh, but still didn’t feel any better. I let myself in and to my surprise was met with music playing from the back room. It was slow and seductive, one of my favorites. There were lights flashing in the back, like a strobe. That was new. And I was curious.As I peered into the back room I was surprised not only to see. ”“Oh forgive me; they call me Roland.”“And Roland, why would you call me Hero John?”“Well before you left the Citadel, your picture was adorned on banners there; they were good likenesses, I might add. You traveled with a band of seven others; I see one is missing. Also, you made your way here bringing the cock burner with you. Very pretty, I might add. Although, I have never seen one of her color before.”“You seem to know all about me. Who might you be?”“You could ask my brother behind you. I.