Their slumber continued, even after a massive meteor fell to Earth and destroyed all that remained of humanity, and any chance the astronauts may have...had of being rescued. Decades became centuries, centuries became millennia, and Roger slept, as the ship's system broke down one by one, his fellow astronauts perishing as their life-support systems failed.But just in the nick of time, Roger found salvation, for the universe was filled with sentient life, more fortunate than doomed humanity. The. Thank God, you came along and saved us!" Okay, now I feel better. I didn't think you were that stupid to travel without some sort of guard, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. Well, I will stay with you until you make your delivery, but I'm not sure what I will do after that."I paused long enough to reload my .44 pistol before resuming my patrol. That was the end of the excitement for that day, and life returned to its boring state for the next two days. By now, we were getting close. About a month later I received a call from Lynda, my mother’s sister. Apparently, her on and off again husband Jack had finally run off with another woman. She had been alone now for about six months and was taking a vacation. She asked if would be ok if she stopped in for a few days. I told her that would be great, and I looked forward to seeing her. Two weeks later, I was standing at the terminal waiting for Lynda to come up the ramp. She was halfway to me before I even recognized her. She. I was taking a local business to Small Claims Court over a few hundred dollars that I felt they owed me. I was pretty sure I'd win, but I had to personally serve a summons on the owner of the business that day, and it was just a few minutes before closing.The business was located in one of those conglomerations of buildings that begins as a single business or strip mall but ends up being a maze of parking lots and buildings of all types and sizes. This parking lot was in the rear of that mess,.