These are instructions if I can't get near for a while." He said as he handed a thick packet to the shadowy man. The man just nodded, then seemed to v...nish into the shadows. Damn, he's good. Running, he sped away from the alleys and open road. Rounding another corner three blocks away he met up with a contingency of guards with the young man at the front of them. "Now, bastard where are my sisters!" he screamed as the guards lunged forward and grabbed him. Laughing, he just replied, "Somewhere. "I wanted to fly into space, myself. I was born a little too early, but I know how to run a business, so I sit in an office. What can I do for you?"Ryan looked embarrassed as he explained, "It's one of those political things that doesn't accomplish a damn thing, but everyone needs to pay attention to it. The Minority and Foreign National Workers in the US Aerospace Industry survey will probably be coming out within six months. They're putting the survey together now. I'm supposed to spot-check. Then mom got cancer and died while dad fell in love with the bottle which remained his partner for the rest of his life. We lost out on our teen years at the farm.When we kids got old enough to drive, we had open invitations to join in the festivites if we left dad home. How cold!When he was sober, there wasn't a better guy to be found... when he was sober.I often stayed home while my two brothers lighted out for the farm, each chance they could.Dad passed away when I was twenty one. My younger. "I've really enjoyed our lunch date," I said, and I had. "With thelibrary being shut on Wednesdays we should do this every week. Infact, I insist on it." *The annual Tri-City ball and auction to benefit the local churches'food pantries had come around again and this year Tim and I wereelected king and queen by acclamation. Saying I was easily the mostbeautiful woman there was not vanity on my part but a simple statementof fact. I looked spectacular in a designer.