I said that, and Krista spoke up. "It's worse than a wasteland, Rob. A wasteland just is there, empty and lifeless. Seems like these morons on TV actu...lly come out after your mind, and try to trap folks into their own particular version of reality."I Looked at Kay and said, "Out of the mouths of babes."She giggled, "Sis, did you hear that? He called you a babe!" Yeah. I wish," she mock-pouted, "but then you'd get all upset and pissy, and reach over and smack him, and take your eyes off your. "Harry, I think you better turn your cell on as the Director has been trying to reach you all morning. I told him you were still in your cabin and he told me to tell you the crap has hit the fan and he needed to talk to you ASAP."I didn't even answer him but got up and went to the cabin to get the scrambled cell and my personal one. I turned them both on as I headed back to the main lodge and my breakfast. When I sat down, I held up the scrambled cell so Preacher could see I had it and started. " She turned me in the general direction, with a pat on the rear to get me going.I looked up from the entrance pad of their split level, as she headed back to the kitchen. It appeared that she and the girls were doing a little baking, from the ruckus I heard above, and from the smell wafting down the stairs. Her bikini was hanging out to dry on the stair rail, confirming my guess about the pool.She looked good, as she usually did, sauntering up the stairs. She was wearing an over-sized T-shirt. That night I put Brenda's tape in my tape deck and then connected it tomy amp. I slipped on my headphones and began improvising solos. It washard since I'd spent so much time learning to play them a certain way. Itried to focus on playing in the moment as Brenda had suggested, but itwas so easy to just play it the way I'd learned. I kept at it. After I'dpracticed for an hour I took a short break. I gazed at the teddy bearsitting on my dresser. I hoped that the reason Daniel hadn't shown up.