When they heard the Hum. The Taos Hum, they call it. Government conspiracy, they say. Weather modification experiments. Weapons tests. Some secret sub...arine base at the South Pole. Big machines tunneling under the earth. Something alive living below the crust. Almost as many reasons for the Hum as there are people who hear it.”“Is it bullshit?”“I dunno. The people who call in, on the radio show, they sure seem to believe it. And it doesn’t ruin everyone’s life. Some people who hear it, they. “Coach, please go check on those kids,” Collins said, and the coach left.“Mr Collins, if my son gets punished for defending himself in the slightest...” Charles said. “I freely admit he went a little overboard but right now those nine attacked my son because of a girl he’s dating ... at the very least I want them off the team.”“From what Kyle said, that’s the least that will be happening. But many of them ... they may have broken bones. As much as I may like to, I can’t let that go,” Collins. Because all they had was the bike, it was obvious they would have to make multiple trips to get everything back to the motel. Jennifer decided that both suitcases could be tied on the bike if one was lodged in the queen seat and she could stay there looking for the cell phone, which had not yet been located, while Bob ran the stuff back to the motel.When Bob got back from that run, he was met by a triumphant Jennifer, whose clothes were stained and face was smudged. She'd actually crawled deep. ‘Do what?’ Bax opened a bottle and handed it to him. ‘Manage with them so far away?’ Brody took a drink. ‘I don’t know if I could do that.’ Bax shrugged and drank from his own bottle. ‘You do what you have to. I don’t like it, but it won’t be for too much longer.’ Brody did a double take. ‘What do you mean? Are you going to retire?’ ‘Not yet,’ Bax assured him. ‘But I’m not going to be playing until I’m forty. I don’t want to and let’s be honest, I can’t. Another year and then we’ll see, but I’m.