You have to be 21 to be a full police officer, but you can be an assistant cop at any age. Therefore, I would like to hire you until you go back to sc...ool or until we can get rid of these monsters. Are you willing?”“Hell, yes. If you can pay me enough to equal what I make by hunting wild hogs, I would call it a breakeven deal and be happy to help you.”“Great, Jim, that’s what I needed to hear.” We started talking actual money, and I was actually going to get a slight raise out of the deal. The. I was met with a taller stocky middle aged man. His face told of tales traveled in his forty some years on this earth. He wore a smoky the bear ranger hat upon his graying shaggy hair. Where the hair ended, the beard began. It was smoky gray mixed with black wiry whiskers. It protruded below his check almost to the neckline on his button-down shirt. He stood chest puffed out stroking his beard. His eyes gleamed with the excitement of a c***d bounding down the stairs on Christmas morning. The. Then again, theyalways liked your sense of humor."The plane ride was in luxury and Devon was treated like royalty,especially as Vera mentioned that the girl was one of her granddaughtersand a Ewing by blood. Devon hadn't flown before, but it was one of thethings that she enjoyed most about being part of the Ewing family. Thefamily was extremely rich from their investments in refining oil andmanufacturing equipment for mines and drilling so they had a lot ofmoney to burn so an expensive plane. The scream of denial quickly faded into the distance. His body reached the group that he remembered seeing in the distance. He was wrapped in a warm cocoon of air. He recognized them, but wasn't sure from where, or when. Sean knew he was safe with them. The cocoon became denser and seemed to compress around him. Then the scene, the world, disappeared in a blinding flash of light."That is for later," a strange sounding voice said in his mind. He knew, then, that he was in the Dream.The voice.