" Their mother said, not giving it much thought."Why would we be off, it's not like we've been stuck in the house with nothing to do for the past week...and a half." Chris said sarcastically."Yeah, that might be it." Laura said with a chuckle and went back to her phone. Chris looked up at his sister, and she gave him a tiny, approving nod. Their mother did not notice it, but their uncle did, giving the two a studying look.After breakfast, Jessica decided to hop in the shower. She grabbed her. "Hot eggs and bacon, dear." The voice said as a plate of food appeared on the table."Guess until someone else puts on a playing helmet, there isn't anything more than a voice." Paul thought as he found it strange how the virtual food filled him. They tasted as real as the food in the real word. Except for him being the sole human being, everything seemed as real as the real world.Finishing the food, Paul got on the school bus and headed to school. Class was as he remembered them. Except that. I was to arrive at 10 pm on the given date. One week later I found myself driving on a remote rural road. I had been told to look for a trail wide enough for only one car at a certain mile mark. I pulled off on the trail that was heavily wooded and drove for about 2 miles before coming to a clearing. A short distance from the clearing appeared a large house with one light on on the first story and one on the second story. I had been told to ring the door bell. Shortly after ringing the door a. We entered his office, he looked at his aide and ordered, "I don't want to be disturbed." He looked at the Sgts., glared at me and gruffly ordered, "Take a seat."We sat, he read the papers again, glared more at me and questioned, "Major do you have any idea what these papers say?"I honestly replied, "No Sir!"He looked at the Sgts. and continued, "What about the both of you?"Sgt. Reynolds answered, "No Sir!"He slid one set of papers to me and one set to the Sgts. I started reading. OH.