Soon, all of Hilldale High knew what I was doing and thought of me as the ‘girl with the heart of gold’. I almost didn’t mind the inconvenience ...f going with Barrett. Almost. The day of prom, I did everything a girl could do. I got my hair styled, my nails manicured, and my makeup professionally done. When I put on my aquamarine sequined strapless gown, I was the picture of perfection. Damn, I wish I wasn’t going with the dork next door, prom queen or not. Barrett arrived ten minutes early,. Every day. The sonic booms would terrify the children. The sky felt like it was pressing down on our heads.” He smiled. “Now, no more booms.”I nodded, remembering the IDF general I commanded to raise the minimum altitude over Gaza to 10,000 feet. “The airport, next.” I said. “After the powerplant. You’ll have the sky back.”You’re making promises you don’t know you can keep, Angie whispered in my head.“Insh’allah.“ He raised himself carefully from the chair. “We should be going, Joshua. We must. * * *I was woken up by the sound of the thousands of small crickets chirping all around us, calling for their mates as the Sun rose and heated up the air and ground. It was not even 7 AM yet. I got up and noticed that the small plastic bag with a loaf of bread was already hanging from the door handle outside the apartment. Since I was naked, I merely pushed my hand out the door to picked up the bag and began to walk towards the kitchen when I noticed we had nothing else to eat. As quietly as I. "Maybe even more than suspects."So I want to progress the game a little faster."That way, if I have to bring it to an end, to go in a different direction, at least I'll have had the satisfaction of getting through that phase."Hey, if I'm wrong about the Baroness, which I hope I am, if she's got nothing, if she's the one on a fishing expedition tomorrow, then no harm done."In fact, it'll be a test of the degree to which I've succeeded in messing up Daisy's mind if we can slow down the 'progress'.