In 1953 Cong’s grandfather had fled North Korea as the war reached its end. He had deserted the army and sought refuge in the south. Since he’d wo...ked in intelligence he was welcomed by the U.S. brass.He eventually made his way to the United States and married a young American woman. They had several children, and when Cong was born to one of them, he was named after his grandfather.He was what is known as a nerd. He was brilliant at math, loved working on computers and figuring out what made. On the journey home, he fiddled with an idea that might help him regain some of his lost pride. Across the Mississippi there was a new republic forming called Texas. The settlers there were locked in a difficult struggle for independence with the Mexican government. Their adversary was Generalissimo Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, commander of its armies, and the self-proclaimed Napoleon of the West.Davy had learned of the troubles taking place in Texas during the latter. “Ok babe, let’s go in, and find a place to sit, and get you signed up.”“Stay with me honey, I’m nervous.”“It’s ok babe, I understand.”Holding hands, they walked into the bar. The lights were dim, but they could still see everything. Country music flowed from a juke box in the corner. Michelle could see the stage where she would soon be performing. Not all of the lights were on, but she could see a “stripper’s pole” near the rear of the stage. “C’mon babe.”Walking over to the end of the bar,. "Sylvie got serious. "You know, I told you Wake was running around on me with his secretary. Actually with more than one secretary. I thought if I told him he couldn't hire any single women to work in his office he would stop. With this last one he went too far."He got around that by finding a young woman about ready to marry and promised her all kinds of perks. He gave her a job and paid her enough so she could marry the man she had known and loved for years. That was in February and he.