Sam sent one of the scouts back to the fort to ask for a resupply wagon to give them the edge they needed to keep a tight lid on the escaped Apache ba...d and not allow them to escape yet again. The Indians no longer felt that they had any obligation to adhere to their promises of good behavior and to follow all the new rules and regulations that seemed to have a life of their own flowing out the frontier from the sheltered center of power back in Washington, D.C.In retaliation for the escape,. Maybe she is having a rough day. You should go apologize.” He handed me a Coke. Then we got some snacks and headed back to his room. I did not see his Mother but I heard a TV on, down the hallway coming from the master bedroom.We played some more video games until almost midnight. I went first to take a piss in the bathroom across the hall. I could hear the TV down the hall still playing. I came out and then Mike used the bathroom. A few minutes passed before I looked around the room. . . where was I?" Your high school crush, Susan Collings. She called you, wanted to touch baseafter all these years, and you thought maybe you had a shot with her," saidthe green-eyed woman that sat at the bar stool beside him, showing whatseemed an unusual level of interest.She was a rare redhead, what with almost all the other women in bar and hotelhaving raven-black, glossy hair. That was strange really, now that Leethought about it. He hadn't seen a single male employee since he had. "Understand, after tonight, you will no longer be as you are -- you will be much more. And, in fact, you may not even be -- strictly speaking -- human, but what you will be will be a symbol of good and justice to all."This is in accordance with a promise that your mother made in your name, when you were four. And, while you are the perfect one to be the vessel of the Goddess's justice in Man's World, She offers you the chance to make the decision for yourself; to turn aside from this without.