" You got it boss," said Kelly as Chloe winced, closing her eyes andhearing the scissors sheer through her hair.She looked up, seeing the surprised ex...ression on Charlie's face as hesaw her long pony tossed on the vanity next to her."Ok, now we've got to match you two up," said Kelly, tapping Chloe'sthigh to get up. "Come on ladies. Let's work on that mother daughterconnection." This should be interesting," sighed Chloe, standing up as she followedKelly to the sink."Don't worry Mrs. Kimball,. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the real game was down in Sacramento and points east all the way back to Omaha, Nebraska and the sister company, the Union Pacific Railroad system.Our sojourn in Sacramento, the gold fields and that entire general region was a vacation from the hustle and bustle of staying alive in a dangerous era. Sure, there were your bandits and your renegade Indians, but they were relatively tame in comparison to the back-stabbing lobbyists and. Go forth and assist him to the apothecary post haste!" Bad old English grammar," I said with a giggle as I turned to head to the door. "Just what Ishtar needs."Brad merely waved his hand and concentrated on the controls, leaving me to dash through the door. Once I was in the hallway, I ran towards the main entrance of the enclave.I arrived at the entrance to find Craig, Nathan and Robert working to clear bodies from the open doorway. They were dragging them into the enclave and laying them on. It made sense. Everything was fine for a few weeks. I work mainly at home for my web design work, and Bev is at the office most of the time. Then one day Bev announces that her daughter was coming to stay for the summer holidays, before starting uni at UCLA in the Fall. Her SAT scores were frightening. She had been living with her father, out East somewhere. I was meant to be picking her up from the airport, Bev had given her my number, but there was no call, I lost track of time. I was on a.