"Adam gave the details as best as he could remember them."Wow!" Veronica said. "I have wanted to say that to her for the past year and a half. Thanks,...Adam. I know part of that was because of what she did to me." Well, I've been a little grouchy lately," Adam said. "But, yeah, part of it was. So, anything good today?" The Russians are coming," Veronica said. "Or at least one Russian came. I got a call from a European agency wanting you to work with some of its talent. Thankfully, Allie was here. Opening those damn sliding glass doors was the most tedious thing I've ever done. I knew if they made one sound they would know I was home. After what seemed like an hour but was probably more like 5 minutes I had managed to get the door open and slid onto the patio. I walked so carefully across the patio, scared the whole time that I would step on a damn leaf or something that would give me away. When I finally made it to her door I couldn't move. Through her vertical blinds there they were.. Budd Company of Philadelphia. However, it was also carrying an ex-Seaboard Pullman Solarium Lounge, five Budd 44-seat coaches of various heritages, a Budd dining car with no markings, and a Union Pacific liveried 10-6 sleeper, "Pacific Slope." This is some rainbow, John thought.A nattily dressed attendant stood at attention beside the faded but clean Union Pacific sleeper. John showed him his ticket."Ah, yessir, first class. You the only one in the car, so I's taking the liberty of upgrading. Tuesday morning was a repeat, less the call from Singapore. This time, however, Melody and I both had to scramble to get to school. I dropped her off at PCAD for her morning class and went to my first day of orientation at SCU.The first hour was spent shuffling around the gym picking up our kits, information on events and clubs, looking at school logo clothing, being greeted by the welcoming committee, putting on nametags, trying to identify others in the same program, and generally trying not.