She had my face. "Together as one,"she said, "Always." Then, in a roar of thunder the clouds shuddered,and the storm overtook us. ??? I woke up slowly..., like crawling through a long tunnel. My headwas aching, and my whole body was numb. Slowly, the pain and numbnessreceded and my mind worked its way back to consciousness. My thoughtswere cloudy. Vague images from some half-remembered dream floated juston the outer edges of my mind's grasp. I remembered dreaming butcouldn't remember what about. I. Sean glanced at the CO monitor on the seat, and then at his watch. Nine hundred and fifty parts per million had been displayed for the past twenty minutes.The sound of the men in the building complaining of headaches had ceased, but he could still hear the occasional vomiting attack through his headset. The transmitter in the building would not be affected by the carbon monoxide he was spewing into it from the tailpipe of the truck, so he was able to monitor the condition of the gang inside by. ***At the age of sixteen, James Fletcher rode a dirt bike into the hillsof Hollister, California. At some point during that ride he lostcontrol of his vehicle. Several hikers later found the bloodied teenlying facedown in the soil, and immediately summoned an ambulance. Hehad no recollection of what had occurred, and was later diagnosed assuffering from a nasty concussion which led to temporary loss of longterm memory. For two days James lay in a hospital bed. His face hadbeen severely slashed. What agreat way to start the year.I started to comply with her desires the very next day. Every evening,after her shower, when she came to bed, I would please her orally. Ibegan, heck, we both began to really look forward to it. Then it movedfrom before bed to pretty much anytime and anywhere she asked for it. Ido mean anywhere. We did it in restrooms, in ally ways, in remote cornersof parking lots. You name it. She began to wear only dresses and skirtswhenever we were out in order to.