“Long live the Protector!” the assembled men cried back.Then gently taking my arm, Kalani’s father guided me to the center of the steps leading ...o the parade grounds. Dropping to one knee, with his head bowed, he spoke a few words in his native tongue. When I looked at the interpreter, he simply shook his head no. I found out later that, by custom, he was not allowed to repeat an oath.I reached down and helped Kalani’s father shakily to his feet.“What do I call you, old man?” I asked him. Kat and Sally gave me a kiss and asked if everything was ok. I spent the next hour bringing them up to speed on what had happened so far, and to my surprise, there weren't any questions or comments made other than Kat asking if this was going to interrupt our wedding. I kissed her before I spoke, and got another hug from Sally."Everything is right on track. For once I am going to let the government handle all of this. I want to stay as far away from it as possible. I do want to call Jerry and a. The majority of the students in any graduate class would never succeed as writers, they lacked the passion, the discipline and the basic ability to tell an interesting story. The percentage in this class was always a bit higher thanks to the screening process but there were only a couple that showed real promise. Most just hadn’t lived long enough—-didn’t have the repertoire of life experiences. As the rest of the students filed out, one lingered, it was Jack Powell. He had not done so in the. Sam her daughter told her that her friends mom had two tickets to a designer dress show and wanted them to go Kelly never meet the woman and never wears dresses much but said ok anyhow. The woman Jan and her daughter Terri picked them up in a big SUV with all the fancy do dads in it the girls talked to themselves and Kelly and Jan seemed to get along to. At the show people seemed to know Jan and waited on her hand and foot. The four women had lunch after the show and with a few glasses of wine.