Brook leaned forward and smacked me in the back of the head. I guess I deserved that.Northern Illinois University is home to twenty-two thousand stude...ts and was located in DeKalb, 65 miles from Chicago. It was a smaller city with about forty-three thousand full-time residents. They scheduled the rally at the Convocation Center, a 10,000-seat multipurpose arena.Ian directed me to the parking area. Max, a member of the governor’s campaign staff, met us. He and Ian had talked on the phone.“Max,. Gottlieb winked at both of us, getting a tongue stuck out from my nurse.“Si, Senor Jason. I will have Senor Alejandro nice and sedated before you know it. Oh, and you have a visitor. She said that she’s ... family. Sorry, it wasn’t Kara. They wouldn’t let her up outside of visiting hours, alas. Best to get her in here now ... before the morphine affects you too much,” Jessica told me with a light caress of my forearm as she replaced the morphine drip.For some reason, though, she left my blanket. I can’t control anymore I just moved to her closer and put my hand on her waist and pulled her closer to me and still keeping ma hands on her waist she didn’t speak nor removed my hand from her waist she remained silent oh that was one moment and slowly I turned her now she facing the sky still keeping ma hands in her stomach and kissed her neck and then her cheeks and hand slowly cuddling her forehead and was telling her hey talk and I could hear only hmm sound when I say hey nothing more and. Once all that was done, real construction could start.Fuel tanks buried, lines run, pressure testing, environmental compliance approvals, pads poured, the building constructed, utilities installed - including wastewater drainage and in many cases ponds to allow oil and other unwanted sediments to settle out or be removed.The final stages of the construction was blacktopping, curbing, painting for parking and directional arrows. When that was done and accepted, vendors would place the goods in.