His body explodes forward and turns while it unwinds as his left foot goes well out in front of him. His hand comes out and around level with his ches... as it flies toward the plate until he’s at full extension forward when the ball leaves his hand.The manager and pitching coach watch the ball on its way to the plate. It’s slow, in the dead centre of the strike zone, and looking big and fat for a hit into the stands. The manager is about to speak when the ball is only a few feet from the plate.. He shuddered, not wanting to think about what his daughter would soon be forced to witness.“This is revenge, you white pig. Revenge. And believe me, my dear governor, revenge is a dish best served HOT and savored.” As he said this, the black-clad assailant leaned down and turned a dial on the control panel to the battery. There was a sudden jolt of energy that shot into the governor’s body. He cried out, writhing in the metal chair.“AAAAYYY!!!” The chair almost tipped over, but Hakim turned off. What would happen now? It was the first time in my self-centered, over-indulgent life I ever truly felt American, what it means to be an American. Patriotism stirred in me, and I was ashamed I had ever taken my nation for granted. We sat in the various conference rooms, glued to the news and each other, trying to reconcile what we heard with what we saw. Several of us volunteered to go to the airport and help ground those planes still up, get the passengers out of the terminals. Would there be. I hardly know how to start this letter, except to say that I have made a most disastrous mistake. The worst mistake of my life.I left you, not because I had found someone else to love as I am told you supposed, but because I convinced myself that you were having an affair. I had a phone call telling me that you were having lunch with another woman, then you called me to say that your car had broken down and that you wouldn't be home that evening. My mind put the two together and I saw you.