We each had a wash cloth and had soaped up and were scrubbing six hours of sweat and grime off our bodies. I was trying to reach around and scrub my b...ck but wasn’t being very successful. ‘We should have brought a bath brush.’ ‘Hold still,’ Pop said. ‘I’ll scrub your back and then you can do mine.’ I turned around, leaned over a little and put my hands against the wall. My dad was standing along side of me and started scrubbing my back real hard. It felt really good after the hard work we had. Duke pads over and sits next to my chair, hopefully waiting for any leftovers from my plate which he gets, as usual.He lives in the yard by day and he really can be a fierce dog with strangers. That's why I prefer him inside at night, he even sleeps on a mat by my bed.The TV is rubbish tonight. I flick through the channels in desperation until finally I come across a Ch .4 slightly pornographic documentary about Lesbians which I watch all through, opening another bottle of wine. By the time I. Spurgeon,” I said when Les led me to Noel Spurgeon’s study.It was late on Monday evening because I’d gone to karate practice before driving up to Glencoe. Samantha had arranged for me to talk with her dad, and then talk with her parents together.“Good evening, Steve. I suppose at this point, you should call me Noel.”“Thanks. I assume Samantha told you what she wants to do?”He nodded, “Actually, she asked my permission. I was surprised by that. Was that your doing?”“Yes. May I speak. .. "no telling how many blasts actually occurred or how many people have died as a result of these horrible explosions. It is becoming clear though that the targets included military bases, major population areas, ports, communication centers, and governmental transportation complexes. If our estimates are correct, somewhere between forty and sixty percent of the total population will have died within the next forty-eight hours..."No one spoke for a long moment, for the words of the announcer.