It had been down for a week and so was the mood of the entire office. Apparently the water wasn’t heated and the coffee that came out was nothing sh...rt of an abomination. I gave a quick check on the machine, took out the back panel, saw a burnt fuse, made a temporary fix by jumping the connections with a thin piece of wire and the coffee came out was once again drinkable.The look on Melissa’s face was priceless when I brought her a steaming cup of coffee. Julia came in later, her hair. His sadness grew more and more evident as we traveled. ‘Oh, what have I done? May the gods be merciful on my soul.’ Skirting the edge of the new lake of mud, we continued on for quite a ways until I grew too weary to continue. I set Yaaron down. With his staff, he produced a bundle which he unwrapped, and as he did so it became a picnic blanket with a basket in the middle! ‘There is still much power in the Staff,’ he said, ‘but we must conserve it. No fancy lodgings for us this night.’ We ate. ”More applause. “Go home – rest up. Randall and Carol—come here a minute.”“I’m the only person in this cast and crew that knows you two are brother and sister. Tell me now, how you want me to treat you, in front of others. I only want what’s best for you two.”Carol replied, “Marcus ... thank you for all those kind words you just said to everyone. You deserve the truth, if you can handle it. Can you?”With a stunned look on his face as well as on mine, Marcus replied, “I can handle the truth,” in. "Eddie called Kevin as soon as we arrived home. He told him about the plan and Kevin said he wanted to go. After hanging up, Eddie told me we had to pick Kevin up after we picked up Kathy, Brad and Cindy, if she was going to go.I packed an overnight bag and fixed sandwiches for Eddie and me. We sat outside, ate our snack and discussed our tactics for the tournament. Mom and Dad came out and sat at the table with my brother and me, telling us they left work early to see us before we left.Dad.