The ancient bucket of bolts straightens for its final approach to the ‘slash-marks’ in the distance. The engines drone on as the magnificent, moun...ainous jungles pop-up, ready to grab the hollow air foils and hurtle them towards the snowy-white sandy beaches. As the horizon disappears over the top of the mountains, the intertwined branches disguise the rapidly rising ground. Stepping out of the blue-gray naval aircraft, I’m hit in the face with a blast of blistering heat as if I’d arrived in. I’d like to get out of these clothes too. So hot.’ You know how I still don’t like wearing suits in summertime. Back then I didn’t like them period, so the weather just made it more of a pain. And here Missy starts laughing. ‘So you think it’s hot in here when you’re not in here?’ she says. I say, ‘Hey, at least you’re in a skirt!’ Couldn’t help it, and it went over great! She laughed loudly enough to turn a few heads, but not her mother’s. And we were off. Yeah, I really do remember that. She explained, “That’s number four - Cassandra Anne - our oldest daughter. She’ll turn fourteen in a few weeks, so I told her to go assemble her choices. She can’t audition yet, but we’ll cover her for four picks out of our own allocations. I wouldn’t be surprised if she scores higher.”She sighed and explained. “I’m here as the parental representative. We drew straws to see who had to endure Fuckwad’s foolishness, and I lost. But to answer the intent of your question, we heard that the rules on. I feel different." You've come so far, Amanda." She passed the probes to the girl and watched as she inserted them. Her eyes held a faraway look."The doctor thinks you're very much like Susan." The girl in the videos? She was a patient here?" One of our first. We helped her in so many ways and now she's really happy." Will I be happy again?" I think so, Amanda. I certainly hope so."Ruth pressed the button on the console and the screen burst into life. Susan stood with her arms around James. She.