” He started to laugh. “Besides which, these outfits are way easier to clean than anything else we might wear.” The old man handed his shovel to... his wife, wiped his hands on his buttocks and came closer, his hand stretched out to greet his visitor.“Good afternoon. My name is James Athelstone, I’m the pastor here and this is my wife, Sarah.”“Er ... hello,” said the man while shaking the pastor’s hand. “My name is Richard Poirier, I’m the new parish priest at St. Ignatius.”“Really? Excellent. I’m. ’ ‘Sandy, I just feel so lost, alone and empty. Am I so unlovable or unworthy of being loved? I’m only 39, how can I be dying? I’m so confused. Sometimes I wish this cancer was like the others, filled with physical pain. Maybe physical pain would divert my focus away from this overwhelming emotional pain. You’ve always been the strong one, Sandy. I never was good with pain. Hold me, please make the pain go away.’ Sandy cradled Mandy in her arms, as they both cried. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ‘Natalie,. “Hi, Janet, are you waiting for someone or just for the next car?”She looked up at the tall boy and confessed her date was a no-show and she was just getting ready to head for the fairgrounds to play some video games.He threw his huge arm around her shoulders and told her in a stage whisper, “Come on, it can’t be that bad. I don’t think they have lost anyone yet.”They stumbled into the floating car and went down the waterway slightly dampened by the water spray that helped to cool the hot. He instructed his Captains to spread the group out in a sort of horseshoe encampment that would entrap any forces that managed to penetrate into the center. They had used it many times and it was useful in displacing to an alternate position by leapfrogging along either axis. Too many of the Looter units had been overwhelmed and annihilated by the Military sweep teams because they just "circled up" and seldom dug in to keep casualties down in case they were discovered.The six of them moved.