"I'm glad to see you, Sid. For a while there I was beginning to get worried," the man said without sounding as if he had been worried at all."Gregor, ...t is good to see you. I have need for a man of your talents," Sid said while dismounting. Turning to Fred, he said,"Fred, I need someone who can remove these chains." Yes, sir," Fred said with a smile. He turned his horse and rode off."Who is he?" Gregor asked."That is Fred," Sid answered. He looked around and tried to recall the name of the man. Crazy huh? I wasthinking of that girl when I put my hand on the crystal. It must be ableto read brain waves or something."He put his hand there again and the image shifted to himself, then to meand then to several other images, including a young captain Kirk andseveral alien females from different shows and movies."Alright," he said and turned to me. "This is what I want you to do. Iwant you to think of your dream girl and put her up there. I want to trysomething."I frowned. I was. Meika pushed me so I was leaning up against the shed. From the side of the shed that we were on, nobody in the house could see us. Thanks goodness. He held one of my hands above my head, he had his arm leaning on the shed as well. My other hand was in Meika's back pocket. Meika's other hand was on the side of my face. We kissed for a long time. I had never kissed anybody like that in my life. I felt so free, and I didn't worry about if I was moving my tongue at the right time or anything, Meika. Sort of,” I replied. “I grabbed a sub in Charlotte late this afternoon.”“Daddy is going to take us to Scouts,” Noah interjected.“Oh ... Oh-kay,” Mom said. “I was about to take them over to the church now.”“Daddy and Heather said they would,” Connor added.“It’s fine,” I said. “I don’t mind going to Cubs. I’ll deal with my bags when I get home. I assume my car stills runs.”“It did a week ago when your father took it to work,” Mom replied. “It’s parked in right now but I guess we can rearrange the.