"I thought about explaining that I was an ordinary man but decided that conversation was for another time."Stephen wants to kill me tomorrow," I said....Kill you?" Sarah said shocked."This book says I am to sink into oblivion." That is the Text?" Savannah asked, taking a step back."Yes and I need you to help me find a passage that will save my life." We are not to touch the Text," said Sarah. "Stephen is the caretaker." I am Alex. If I say you can touch it and read it, then it is so." Yes, Alex,". We had no way of getting into the Slick residence, and Anastasia had called me in the middle of the night to say that Nolan had found her out. Fortunately he was more excited about having lost his virginity to a spy than angry about radioactive materials being stored in his cellar, but it was still a breach of mission secrecy that could have ramifications later on.Not bothering to dress, I drove to pick up Anastasia and Nolan. They were waiting for me in his front garden."Long night?" I. I was feeling like I could go full out at practice, so was checked out by the doc and the trainers and told to see how I would do.No sweat. I was out of shape but had no problem handling the ball and could still hit the basket from the corner as always. Even my jumper from twelve to fourteen feet was working.The coaches had me do some drills with the varsity, and then we did some scrimmaging using me in my natural positions. It worked pretty well. Kenny was a great center. He would block out. "Who would that be?" asked Laura."Alicia," said Paula."Afternoons, I presume?" she added."Maybe, or perhaps the weekend," said Paula."At least we don't need to arrange visits to her house now," said Kelly."I'm still for visiting her, but as you say, we can now meet anywhere,"smiled Paula.Laura saw that they were more interested in talking and so, turning thetelevision off, joined in. She was still figuring out how best to washKelly without getting water everywhere."If we can get you into the.