Lucinda was confident her mother was unlikely to stir for an hour or so.She walked into the garden and glanced around. There was no sign of Ngoronge. ...osher, the house servant, had time off in the afternoon and had probably left to meet his friends. She suspected she knew where to find Ngoronge. He had his own private garden plot near the domestic's quarters and was probably working there. She strolled around the house heading for that area of the villa's grounds. They had nearly two acres of. " David, Chief ... let's get these bikes off the truck."Suddenly Grace was a CEO... hoe-lee she-it, a phrase that would see much abuse in the future. We took it as our own.Truck unloaded, Grace and our sheep-cat herded us dumb animals to the living quarters where the Chief and Arnold used the phrase many many times. I predict wide spread use by the military. I wonder if we can get a Tee Shirt? HOE-LEE in an arc across the top ... bicycle in the middle ... SHE-IT in an arc across the bottom. I. Nobody would believe that we are going to have a president elected in 2000 based on contested ballots in Florida. And that a year later he’d commit us to a massive war in the Middle East that would still have troops tied up and in danger for more than fifteen years.” I simply couldn’t bring myself to say that the Twin Towers in New York would be attacked with airplanes. It was even hard for me to believe now.“Okay. I’ll make notes of a few things that you’ve said you remember. I think that you. "You died Leon!" her steel blue eyes stared deep into mine and I knew she was telling the truth. "You had a seizure and then your heart failed. They tried bringing you back but..." She broke off and turned away. It was starting to feel like a crappy soap opera. "Look Cassie i'm alright. Nothing to be afraid of. See?" Just then the doctor and the morgue attendant walked in. The doctor nearly passed out looking at me. "Geez do I look like a zombie or something?" I said trying to lighten the mood..