‘Yes, but we can also do much more. Stop the virus. This will hurt their plans. Be a severe setback to them,’ he said. ‘Plus, it will draw them ...ut, in a big way, and we can finally have that day that most of us have craved. A showdown.’ Bonnie stood looking at him, her eyes slightly narrowed, glistening green. She pursed her lips and let air slowly out of her nose, her body perfectly still. Hansen stood there under the heat of her gaze. They were looking at each other and in turn everyone was. The garden produced more and more as summer progressed, until the day the Kroger inspector told me, "We're going to begin harvesting corn. You have two fields that are ready, so we'll be bringing our people in to pull ears."Mom and some of the Mexican women wanted the corn in our garden area to ripen a little more, but they also wanted at least fifty feet of one row of corn to become seed for the next year in case Kroger didn't sponsor us.D was getting excited, but also prepared, as fall came. A large,lumbering figured appeared in the doorway, his body silhouettedagainst the dimly lit yellow hall."You fucking disgust me, boy" he slurred slowly. He walked intothe room and sat down, opposite Jason.More footsteps came from the hallway, faster, more determinedsteps. Several men entered the room and circled around the chair.One turned on the lights. Through the blood-water mix drippinginto his eyes, he could make out six men. They looked down on himready to pounce. The knots tied around. No hassles and no responsibilities. I am hoping to lose a little weight also." That's the stupidest thing I ever heard of. How are we going to pay for the boy's college? That job can't pay more than minimum wage. I don't understand what got into your head. What happened to your pension?" Gone. I needed twenty years to lock it in and didn't have it." Did you get severance pay? How about your vacation pay and sick leave?" No, no and no. In order to get accrued sick leave or vacation pay you have.