" Well, that would certainly be strange." With all due respect, Dad, that would be the least strange part ofit." Kristine smiled to soften the comment..."True enough. But again, it's hypothetical. There are no magic coins,or Genies. The closest we can come is through surgery, and at my age,that would just make me a very old woman; it wouldn't give me a secondlifetime." No, but it might give you some peace of mind." And more importantly, if you stipulate that Mom would also go throughit, my. ” My breasts and my shoes. It was like that with him. Parts. We made love. We lay awake and talked about life. “Have you had women all over the world?” I asked. He said an Afghan woman had come into his room in the middle of the night and risked being stoned to death. I imagined him with her. I wondered if Afghan women shaved their legs. We slept for an hour and woke simultaneously and came into each other’s arms, experienced the divine. “It’s strange,” he said. “What?” “It feels right.” I. "Because of the lightning last night our daily report didn't go out. We'll try to get it out tonight. There have been reports by some of the guards that the lightning appeared to be severe in certain areas and was followed by some loud 'thunder'. We'll have a couple of patrols going out tomorrow to check on these reports."Morris and Ingles will take one patrol and Barlow and Hadley will take another. The rest of you can expect to be pulling extra security here while they're gone. Let's hope. He sounds like he is ill,” he said to mom.“Richard, we went to the same college, in case you don’t remember?” Mom said to back to him.“That was over 20 years ago,” he said back to her.“That doesn’t make it a bad idea!” she said in a way that made her point and was also the end of the discussion.“Do we know her?” He said dishing himself s second helping of meatballs on his spaghetti. Damn, he eats faster than I do!“I want to surprise you both, Mary knows, but plans to keep it to herself, won’t.