” Both gave polite laughs.“Now, Tim, you have the make-up game against your rival, the Judson Rockets, this weekend. How are you getting ready for...that game?”“Nothing different. Of course, we are paying a lot of attention, and they are far and away the best team we have played or will play this season. I am personally looking forward to testing myself against them on Friday night.” Tim took a drink of water from the bottle he had on the bike.“Any trick plays coming from your coaches?”Tim. Once again, I am helpless in his before him. Sometimes I think that I live on the outskirts of life. The world travels one way, but I move in the opposite direction. I read in history class that people have fought and died for freedom, yet here I am willingly giving up mine. I don’t know why I agreed to meet Liu in this abandoned warehouse. He didn’t tell me why he wanted me here and I didn’t ask. The warehouse looks like something out of a nightmare. The walls are littered with graffiti and. It looked even more beautiful in the sunlight, the flames almost dancing as I opened the door and sunk in. The windows were tinted almost black so it was rather dim inside, though I could make out something in the back seat.He drove casually until we hit the highway, then he floored it. We listened to his music as we flew passed the sleeping countryside, discussing our favorite bands as well as ones we hated. Roughly an hour later, he pulled into a little picnic area."Are we there yet?" I asked. Before breakfast she turned her computer on and found a new email waiting for her.>It was too much effort for you to plan or try something really special.==> Touché. I'm not saying I'm anything close to perfect. If I were I wouldn't have taken up with another woman. I'd have left years ago. I've got flaws. You're right that I let things go by, that I could have tried harder on the presents. I'm sorry about that. I really am. But it doesn't change the fact that you submarined what I bought you,.