It was a kind of limbo and he didn’t like it. What had happened to him, he wondered. When had he gone from not wanting anything serious until after ...e retired to wanting to fix things with Ryan as soon as possible? And worse, why did it seem unfixable? They’d talked after Ryan had left but they never got anywhere. She was leaving in just over a week and he did not want her to go with things unsettled between them. He rubbed at his temples and went to get some medicine for a headache. Luckily. Sherry thanked her for the compliment and told her to not worry about a little sag if it felt better. She was among friends, and we did not mind at all if she wobbled as she walked. I was out playing golf one Saturday and came home a little earlier than normal to find them both scurrying out of the living room for the bathroom. Hmmmmm, I wondered what that was all about. When they came out on the patio deck they were both dressed but had that deer in the headlights look in both their eyes. . When they approached the city, they could see they had their own version of the lift system and, just like every major city, the tallest buildings were in the city centre. They could also see the massive planetary weapons dotting the landscape, with each weapon looking like an observatory, with the barrel of the weapon pointed straight up into the sky. Mark guessed each of the weapons reached close to a half a kilometre into the sky and they all appeared to have their own power plants.The. Suddenly he turned and stormed out of the room and upstairs. Allison stood frozen in shock. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She had never raised her hand to her son. Suddenly she broke into uncontrollable sobs and staggered over to a chair and sat down. The only good thing was that Bradley was playing golf this morning.Chris was on his bed with stereo headphones on when he heard a tapping at the door. He ignored it.Allison tapped on the door again and then pushed it open. She.