“Fun is what I want for us and that’s why we have to leave this place. We need to find a new home away from them,” Athea angrily responded.“Bu... they are our family,” Ghania replied in a hushed tone.“No, they are not! You two are my only family. From the day I was born they lied and deceived, plotted and schemed, trying to use me against you. They are our enemies and we will leave Atyseos to find a new home. I was born as the last, but I will lead and you will follow, for I am the Way!” Athea. ’ It was like a movie or something.”The clock snapped off another minute.“So,” I said. “Did you give her what she wanted?”“Oh, jeez,” he said. “In like a minute. She was a pro. I mean, she knew what she was doing. I couldn’t believe it!”“Yeah, you already said that. And how about that superhot girlfriend you always talk about? Was she happy for you?”His look went hard like he was summoning his determination.“I broke up with her,” he said.“Really?”“Well,” he looked around. “I tried to,. His boat crew ... well. They didn’t know where to look or what to do. Pretty damn quick one of them began wagging his arms at the conning tower work crew. The echo of the shot ... those Tokarev pistols are LOUD ... had the periscope repair bunch looking ... and one of them began waving back. Messaging. Signalmen. They were hand talking without flags ... and they were FAST. I don’t know English flag talk ... I surely don’t know Russian. They were waving back and forth ... like they were. Along the way I kicked a piece of scrap metal near the edge of the roadway off into the water.I was dragging the piece of deadly pine behind me across the bridge and down the bank. It snagged a small bush and nearly jerked me to the ground. Cursing I untangled it from the vegetation, wound the nylon cords around the timber and resumed my search for the result of my efforts.The ground was not as torn up as I had expected. Apparently the car rolled cleanly down the embankment and except for a.