”“I’m in a comfortable chair. I meant for it to be a long call. Minimum salary isn’t that minimal.”“Well, I’m not too bright, but someti...es ideas do get through. Y’know, your congregation wants to feed you on Sundays. There is no reason that I have to compete with that. I know about committee meetings; Lord, how I know. Still, are you available any weeknights? What’s your schedule this week?”Was he talking about taking her out this week? She could cancel the meetings. “I have trustees on. Most of Ricky’s head and face were wrapped in bandages. What wasn’t covered still showed signs of the explosion. The monitors beeped with every heart beat and breath he took. The nurse told his family he was stable and all they could do at the moment was wait.None of Ricky’s family could hold back their tears as they stood over him. Was this the end of the man they all loved?A few hours passed when both sets of parents headed home. They would come back in a few hours with a change of clothes. Wait. Wait!“ESMS-7”? Middle School? She was a junior high school girl? A seventh grader? What business did she have bossing me around?! I stopped. She scowled. My chin dropped. I followed... ...because, last time (part one), I admitted it---I’m afraid of high school girls and now, after Shani’s scowl, I realized I..I’m...afraid...of...afraid of middle school girls, too. There. I said it. I wouldn’t want you to think that I liked what those cheerleaders did to me a week ago. No. After maybe 20 minutes I heard the Captain summon the natives to the deck, I was then more surprised when without question they all stripped naked as the day they were born passing their clothing to one of the ships crew who promptly put them in Hessian sacks tying the topI watched intrigued as they sat down cross legged awaiting something. One of the crew set up a chair and what seemed to be a shaving kit beckoning to the eldest woman who I guess to be in her late 30s she stood placing her.