I tried to call him before I called you. He's not working today."They said goodbye and hung up.A philanthropist, huh, she thought and pictured a dodde...ing old man as she sat at her computer to e-mail her resume to Wingate.Phoenix! The Old West! The high desert. Mountains nearby. Wide open spaces. She glanced towards the heavens. "Waddaya think, Gabby?"She received no answer, but she knew what the old man would say. "Follow your heart, but only after your mind kicks in." That's what Gabby would. "The man nodded, pointed to a location on his big map, and said, "Get to here, at this park on the other side of the border. A chopper will pick you up and drop you near where the truck is. It will wait for you. Stay in touch with them."I asked as we stood, "Do you have any handheld radios we can use? That would make everything faster. We'll use ear buds so the speakers won't give us away."The man had one of his men bring three radios with fresh batteries. They showed us the frequencies we. Suit you?”John was decisive. “Agreed, colonel. You must have an understanding husband, if you have such power in your hands as security chief.”She laughed. “He is like putty in my hands, sergeant, except for one thing. My husband is the Governor of the Colony, so he outranks even me.”“Oh. That tops anything that I could say, colonel. How do we make arrangements to get that flight to Ascension?”“I have your names and other details for all three of you, sergeant. I will pass them to Ascension,. A number of the pictures were of him receiving special honors throughout his life from 1st place in a spelling bee in fourth grade to being recognized a few years ago by a national organization for his work on prevention of child abuse. We grandkids were unaware of the many things that our granddaddy had accomplished in his life because when he spent time with us, everything was about us.When the banquet was over there was some grumbling by some of my cousins that they had expected to.