Industrial society ground to a halt, as many didn't know how to do essential jobs, like water purification and sewage! At last count 28,016,016 people...have been murdered and 200 million others have died because of impure water or sanitation. People are starving as truck and rail traffic has virtually ceased. It seems most truck drivers want to be Jennifer Lopez! Once the Genie is out of the bottle can it ever be put back in?Our latest projection is of 2 billion dead before some sort of society. You seemed satisfied with the salary I offered when I hired you, and you have had a raise since then. There are a dozen employees, mostly single mothers, who get paid from the profits of this company. If your salary doubles, it's less for the others. I created Sisters' Beauty Supply with money from my late husband's life insurance. I spent the money to hire you and pay you until everything was running right. If need be, I suppose I can hire someone else." You need me. I'm irreplaceable.". She smiled brightly and nodded, “Yes I’d like that.” We started walking down the path that lead out of the park and to one of the neighborhood streets. She looked at me and said “Okay, so about what I needed help with. I’m new in town and I was wondering if you’ve seen any weird happenings around town.” I thought about it very hard for a minute and finally replied, “Other than you showing up, no there hasn’t been anything weird.” She looked confused, “Me showing up is weird? How is that, may I. ’ Millie wanted, and tried, to scream ‘no’, but nothing seemed to be working, then everything went black. ***** Millie felt the warmth of the sun on her face, but her head felt like it was full of cotton. ‘Good Lord, my mouth and throat are so dry…’ As she opened her eyes the rest of her words stuck in her throat. In the light-headedness of her semi-confusion she blinked in silent prayer… praying the world would change as she opened her eyes once more to look around the obvious hotel room. The.