What was more, she confided to me that she'd always wanted to be pregnant by an African man. Mara was very determined to oppose racism wherever it was... She knew a considerable amount about the subject. It was interesting to me. I learned a lot about the history of Africans, and the despicable things whites had done to them for many centuries. For Mara, having an African man's baby (or even many such c***dren) was the one, perfect solution to combating racism. As long as 'whites' had 'white'. I want to know the moment you know anything that concerns the safety of my family or me." My voice was about two octaves higher than normal."Then I guess I should tell you the rest. We have been keeping an eye on Tamara's ex-husband. We have a recorded phone conversation made Thursday; someone asking questions about Tamara. We couldn't trace the call but Mr. Sanger is supposed to meet the caller this morning. Jeff has a man on it." What do you think is going on?" I asked."I suspect whoever is. Your best friend Amanda, her mom Erika, my best girlfriend, and her husband, Dr. Johnson, are here. You’ll also see Karen and her parents, Kyle and his parents, and of course DeeDee and her daughter Candi.”Amanda... That got me excited. She was my best friend for sure, and it seemed that whenever she was around me, there was a spark of sexual energy that was unmistakable, but unacted upon.I felt more interested in camping now. As we unpacked, there was a knock at our door. Mom went and opened. I love my mother!I had my get-together with the Lincoln orchestra, after which I realized that if I put all of my musicians and singers together I would have an orchestra of 118 and a huge choir of 82, close to the sizes I want to have when they became the Gold Standard Symphony and the Gold Standard Singers.At my new classes, I apologized in front of everyone for not being there on the first school day of the new year. I did tell everyone that Paul and Cece Planck had a baby boy, named Andrew.