"This is absolutely not a drill. This is the real thing,"Two minutes and twenty-two seconds passed before the Alaskan Tsunami Early Warning system was...pressed into service to deliver an identical message. ICBMs were inbound and headed to the land of the midnight sun.Within minutes the amphitheater of the multi-media center transformed itself into a situation room as every member of the Sisterhood took up their duty stations monitoring and sampling global reaction and back-channel shortwave. " You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Try me."Jane Doe groaned, exasperated. She'd repeated herself so much, and wastiring of incredulous stares. "I don't want to go through it again. Allthe disbelief and shit people give me when I tell them, they look at melike I'm bat shit insane, but it's the truth." Hey, whatever you say, I'll believe you." You won't." Hey, I'm here to listen. Go ahead." Okay, fine, but what I'm telling you is impossible to believe, unlessyou're me. And you're not. I. “Well, here’s my card, I do sewing and alterations and I’m available for lunch, most days.” Jasmine tucked the card into his shirt pocket and was gone before he could respond. Work that day once again, seemed slightly out of time and Will couldn’t help but wonder what was on this girl’s mind. He certainly knew what was on his, a longer, closer view of those shorts but, it was a busy day and he needed to stay focused. After Will closed the store that night he retrieved the card from his pocket.. A year passed and Bree and I encountered Kate and Rick at a university fundraiser. As we got reacquainted, they mentioned, they had inherited a ranch near Fredericksburg, which is not far from my parent’s ranch.Our drinks were getting low and Kate said she would accompany me back to the bar while Bree and Rick kept their gabfest going. The bar was crowded and the wait was long. We had a long conversation. Kate brought it up first… “You realize if our career paths had worked out differently, I.