Mom wants to get you settled before they head out for the night . OK I should be there by five if I hurry . That would be perfect just drive safely se... you then , I have big plans for you after they leave , can you tell me what your plans is I asked ? Hell no I what it to be a surprise , but I can tell you that you will love it . I kinda went a little faster than I planed and got there about a half an hour earlier than I thought . Aunt June and Uncle Bob were happy to see me arrive earlier than. "Okay,Honey." She frowned. "Sorry, old habits die hard. "Okay, Helen." Ispooned up the last of the cereal, rinsed the bowl and put it in thedishwasher. "I'm Ready." Is Grace driving or am I?" George is driving." I thought George was a fiction of Grace's imagination?" Grace's driver's license still says George." Graces driver's license still says male." Can we go, please? I'll drive." She conceded and got into thepassenger's side of my car. I pulled out of the garage and stopped atthe end of. I had shielded him. Aided him. Now I would fight for him. Instincts rose up inside of me. Something primal and ancient.Something that came from another father. A spiritual one.“Grab her!” Kurtis shouted behind me.“Gewin’s mighty cock!” I roared as I rushed at my mother, plowing through the last of her steam.She snarled and fell into a stance. She punched out at me. I moved with instinct, blocking her first bunch then catching a kick that sprayed sand across my face. I gasped, the pain stinging. I also could walk just fine so the extra distance to the dining and lounge cars was equally irrelevant to me. Walking on moving trains was not difficult for a man who has travelled on them continuously for 19 years now.Since Union Pacific had purchased the Southern Pacific in 1996, their ability to handle their own freight trains had gone straight down the tubes. The merger had been a mess for everyone concerned, causing great lateness for both freight and Amtrak trains. In fact, according to.