Her presentation went smoothly, and she was asked to submit three reports, with possible plans of action, to the President within the next week and to... be prepared to make an in depth report by January 6th, exactly 16 days before the State of the Union Message, which would be two days after the first anniversary of President Ruskin's inaugural. Little did anyone know that that would be the last day that most of the people in that room would serve in any office whatsoever.Ali Katal was whisked. " Martha confided to me and escorted me to the pediatric wards.We arrived at the nurse's desk and Martha introduced me as Wendy's father, the nurse looked up surprised. "I'm sorry who did you say you were?" She asked, when Martha persisted the nurse directed us to a side-room.We entered the room to find it was empty, and then the Sister in charge of the ward entered. Martha spoke up, "What's wrong, I've identified myself and this gentleman, why haven't we been taken to Wendy?" She asked.I spoke. As I walked away, I called back more loudly than necessary to the waiter - Monsieur, les toilettes? - knowing full well that the facilities were situated down a wooden staircase in the main building along a narrow but brightly lit corridor. I set off down the stairs. As I neared the landing where they turned, I was both neither surprised nor anything but very excited to hear the flip-flop of casual flat sandals that I had no doubt belonged to the young woman. I did not look back but walked on.. I helped them illegally immigrate into Florida with me. They helped me set up the perfect place.Hold on …. I’m getting way too ahead of myself. Scratch everything you just read and let’s go back to my high school years …..I grew up in Florida for as long as I could remember. I could remember going to the sandy white beaches of the Gulf and spending time at Disney World. But a little after my 9th birthday, my mother began to get very sick because she was a druggie. At my young age, I didn’t.