"Mr. President. Welcome back to the Chamber. We are pleased that you were willing to accept our invitation on such short notice, and we should be read... for you in about twenty minutes, if that is alright with you, Sir."Everyone nodded, and he left to deal with his own problems.That's when it hit me.The Speaker ... Cutler ... Stanton...Oh, crap."Steve, get the Vice President to the secured bunker. Hawk, I think the speaker might be behind the threats, and he definitely was in Cutler's camp, and. Will was going to break the news gently to my father tonight; he had invited him over for dinner with his family.As I drove my father to the Trent estate he recognized something was on my mind. He asked if everything was okay. I admit I was slightly nervous, and constantly looked in the rearview mirror to make sure the car with Nicky and Lou was still behind us.We entered the iron gate and both cars slipped in. My father did not notice and we walked to the door, as it swung open. The butler, a. I decided I better check and make sure Bobby wasn't home waiting for me, so I asked where the phones were. Tammy told me they were in the john; I quickly went there and dialed home. The phone rang and rang before the machine picked up. I said, "Hi, honey, if you're home. I stopped off with the girls for a nightcap, and I'll be home later. Love you." I hung up the phone. I started to walk away, then I decided to call the base and find out if Bobby's ship was back yet. I knew that if it wasn't,. Keeping occupied and interested was now the challenge. Jack started reading further into each textbook that they had been given, whether it was in writing skills including an introduction into the art of calligraphy, or mathematics. It hadn’t helped that his parents had been giving home lessons prior to entering school in both these areas, as this only accelerated Jack’s ability to forge ahead in his textbook far beyond what the other students could achieve.It only took Jack the first eight.