She emerged from the bedroom in a lovely dark blue dress with simple gold jewelry. Ashley was a radiant young lady and this dress showed her assets, h...r blond hair on that shade of blue was just over the top. ‘You’re beautiful.’ She smiled and twirled around to show me all sides. ‘And,’ I added, ‘you’re just in time.’ I plated the rice and trout filets then added the veggies before carrying both plates to the table. I pulled out the chair for Ashley and asked her to be seated. I returned to. I swear these tanks were close to twenty years old and predated the rebellion. Being the commander/gunner I had to think of what hit us and how to fix it quickly. Michelle, the driver and I both saw a quick flash before everything went dark. It could have been an old electromagnetic pulse weapon from fifty years ago. I had Frankie, the engineer, do a hard reset of all systems. Nothing, and five minutes wasted. Then, I remembered a rumor that some rebels may have mines or devices which triggered. We will now switch you to Jerry Peterson who is with Mark Miller the Chairman of this year's race. Jerry." Thank you Ray Bennett. Folks as Ray has told you we have Mr. Mark Miller this year's Chairman with us and Mark will you tell us something about the rules and procedure for the race?" Well Jerry, as you know the rules are very simple. The first one to cross the border into Oregon wins. We have a pit stop just north of Bakersfield which is mandatory, an overnight stay at Merced which is the. I just hate it when I’m not the best at something. I’d overheard a few conversations between my sister and Aaron - a part of me wondered if he was deliberately goading her. He kept saying stuff like “Well yeah, but your sister’s been doing tongue exercises, so it’s not really fair to compare...”I’d started going into work less and less. They were getting a bit pissed about it, but frankly, I didn’t have the time. I was waking up each morning, going down on Aaron for at least an hour (I kept.