She dug through the mail and found a notice that the town council had passed a new zoning regulation while they had been on vacation. According to the...zoning regulation, businesses were now explicitly barred from operating in the neighborhood in which the garage was located. There was another notice that a hearing to get a court order to close the business, which had been scheduled on the previous Monday.Feeling sick to her stomach, Jane shouted, "John! Come in here!"John, who had been getting. I'll think about it," she said."Okay," I replied. "See you at the Wendys tomorrow night with Dan, Mark, Rob, and Gina."Shit. This is going to be a long god knows what time period.I finally managed to carry myself to the bathroom, brush my teeth, do my business, and then carry myself to bed. I woke up in the morning to find that I had slept into the afternoon. I guess I really needed the rest. Within minutes, the harsh reality came back to me.I slammed my head against the pillow and screamed. The alley was never meant to be a parking lot or thorough fair. Every building had room for a couple of cars back there, if they were parked parallel that is.There was plenty of room for the young man's Bicycle and my Woody. I should have left his bicycle out in the cold, but I took pity on it. When I opened the back door, I made him go back out for it. I didn't give the machine human traits, but I did feel bad that Bill would have to ride a very cold machine home. If not in the middle of the. As they approached, a buzzer sounded and the door sprang ajar. Alex looked up to see a small video camera pointed in their direction."The owner of this place obviously has security issues," whispered Alex.The great door opened onto a very large room with glass windows two stories tall along two adjoining sides."Wow, get a load of the view," whispered Alex pointing toward a seaward panorama of breathtaking splendor. Dark-blue ocean mottled here and there with lighter turquoise of a lagoon.