I called and in a hesitant voice, my dispatcher asked if we could give another driver a ride to Kansas City to recover another truck. If I did not wan... to, they'd understand. I told dispatch that we do not smoke, and I do not want a smoker in the truck, and I wanted to see the guy first.Many drivers do not take showers often enough, and the inside of a truck is a small place. I would have rolled on without a second's hesitation if I had any problems with him.His name was Mark, and we picked him. ..no. It is not something I could recommend." "What? What is it? I may not be able to do it, but I would like to hear any suggestions you can offer." "Well, you know I film the mother-daughter barbecues, right?" "Yes," Carol said. "Kimberly loved it when we went to the one last month. She had so much fun. She loves teasing people who underestimate her." "What?" "She like the look on people's faces when they realize she is 18 years old." "What? . He felt thisneed to be where everyone was having fun. He didn't know what he waslooking for until he got in the club. It was suddenly like he felt aconnection to everyone and something inside himself resonated with it.The club itself gave off a soothing pulse like a calm heartbeat. Jasonpassed that off as an affect of the music. With their drinks in handthey went to the closest standing table. A minute passed and both menscanned the room. Normally one would go to club to have fun. Thatincludes. It made my skin crawl.I shuddered as more and more strange thoughts crept into my head.I remembered the way she had introduced him to me. She kept touching him. There was nothing strange, just a hand on his arm, or on his shoulder, a pat on the back, a playful slap here and there. I never saw her do that to anybody but me, now that I thought about it.I remembered that we ran out of ice at one point at the softball game and picnic. My mouth slowly opened as I realized that Hannah had volunteered.