“They are a tight family,” Pepper said.Carl said, “You see those two men over there.”“Yes,” Pepper answered.“Do you know who they are?�... Carl asked.“I’m assuming that’s Hank and his son, Calvin,” Pepper answered.“You know what they did for Sonny,” Carl said.“I do,” Pepper said. He took a deep breath and said, “I guess I should go over there and talk to them.”“That would be a good idea,” Carl said with a sharp nod of his head.Pepper climbed down from his perch atop the corral rail. He headed over. "I would hide a key for you somewhere, but Bill is awfully paranoid about such things," Debby said."It's okay, Mrs. Radson, really," Heather said. "It's not usually this cold out. Did it go okay with Diane today?"Debby gave Heather a soft smile. "I am helping her exercise her ability to channel energy through the link before we see to her problem of storing energy. She had a bit of a slow start at first, but--" Slow start?"Debby paused. "She had something on her mind when she first arrived, but. . let me at least add this much. I'm willing to at least continue as far as we have gone, and just take things as they come. As long as we're all willing to be perfectly and totally candid with one another ... and honest. Then I don't foresee any real problems here. If at any point however, anyone ... you, your brother, even your father or I, have any concerns. Then I think we all agree to come in here ... sit down, just as we are right now, and discuss them. Agreed?"Everyone agreed of course,. In the closing days of 1942, the United States was faced with a decision as to where to begin hostilities against the German Wehrmacht in the European Theater of Operations. The American nation was faced with global war on two fronts against impressive military forces with the capability of dominating the entire planet. The most solid weapon that the Americans possessed was the mobilization of their industrial base to a full-time war footing.During that formative war year of 1942, the Japanese.