The next morning, the news-people on TV were asking, "Is there a drug war in the offing?" Eventually, all of our victims had been picked up by EMS, an... two of them were known pushers. That was what set off the question. That was an idea we had not considered and decided to see what would happen if we concentrated our efforts in one area.We were out the next night and repeated our routine. New dealers had already appeared at the corners we had visited the night before, so we hit the same places,. "Sorry to have not given you any notice, but we were meeting on a different issue and the committee wanted to meet you. You know Fran Leidle." Hi Fran. I understand your new home is under construction. Congratulations," I said, shaking her hand. John introduced me to the others at the table. "What's the committee?" I asked."We're the committee to elect John Clinton to the Township Board," Fran said. I looked at John. Cassie had every registered voter in the village sign the petition to put her. Can you promise me that you won't throw a fit in front of the k**s if you have an accident?" She put a hand on Christy's arm, trying to relax her a bit given how stressful this situation likely was.Despite taking a moment to think about it, Christy eventually nods her head at the question. "Y-Yeah, I promise." She wasn't exactly looking forward to the possibility of losing the bet, but even she had to admit that Stacy had given her more than a few extra chances. Trying to go another 6 days. He was happy to see me and told me that he was going out with some of the guys to play golf this morning and would not be home until the evening. I had some coffee with him before he left and we chatted about the party. He told me that my mother had been pretty wasted, but she seemed so happy the whole evening and crashed when she got in bed. He asked me to tell her that he would be gone until the evening, in case she forgot about his golf plans.The house was very still after he left. I sat in.