” Kara said, grinning. “I won’t go into it, I don’t want to shock you.”“I think you’ll find it takes a lot to shock me.” I said, smili...g as I gestured my daughter inside. She had to duck under my outstretched arm to get through the door, and as she passed me I dropped my arm around her shoulders and casually pulled her against me in a hug.“You right there, dad?” Kara said wryly, but she put an arm around me as well and hugged me back. “You shouldn’t be hugging young girls out in the open like. ”Fred scowled, he was fifty-four years old and was having a hard time accepting the changes to the drinking age brought about by the universal acceptance of fourteen as the age of majority.“Don’t worry about it,” said Herbie when he spotted the scowl, “I’ve detailed off the Phys. Ed. department to keep an eye on things and make sure that none of the kids drink too much.”Frederick Dalton, the principal of Highcliffe College ran a hand through his thinning grey hair and gave a nod of appreciation. He offered the pack to the man. He said, “It has been a long time since I’ve seen you Awa Tsireh. The last time, you were watching a flock of sheep.”The man took the pack and removed a cigarette. This man knowing his true name shocked him. He lit the cigarette and handed the pack back to John. He asked, “Who are you?”“John Carter.”The day he had met the white man with the cat in the desert came rushing back to him. He remembered sending the man to meet William Redman. He said, “Wait here, John. He had stripped his pants down, put on a rubber and was getting in position when I stopped him. I had him look in the back then told him that he had to do that to me if he wanted to screw me. To my surprise, he readily agreed and bent down. The moment he entered me with his mouth was like a light in the darkness, a sound in the silence. It was heaven! The Primal Chord that issued forth the universe! I looked back again and watched Susan’s abdomen muscles trembling as her thighs clenched around.