“Loren -- the grill, s’il vous plait.”“Right away.”From a storage shed he retrieved a bag of charcoal and some wood chips. He laid a bed of ...the chips and scattered charcoal atop it. This he ignited with butane lighter.“That’s so smoky,” Todd remarked.“Yeah, but I prefer it to using lighter fluid. I’d rather the food taste like wood smoke than kerosene. We’ll let that catch and add more charcoal.”Loren returned to the patio table and swigged some beer.“Loren -- has Abby lost weight?” Todd. There are three deaders, two 2008’s and one 2009, sitting in various stages of disrepair and no end in sight. This may or may not be chapter 46. I have a perfectly good chapter on the 2009 but such is life. I have no idea what I wrote on the 2009 ... so. There is more to it than that. The 2009 mac pro is also called a 4,1 but I flashed the 4,1 to a 5,1(2010). It worked fine but the video card bit the big one. As soon as I get the second stimulus check I’ll be buying a new card. OMWPTwo. Please go and sign us all in.”Tracey walked across to the counter and Maria produced a form for her to sign. It was all in Spanish so she didn’t understand a word of it but the girl assured her with a smile that it was only a formality. Signing it, Tracey rejoined the rest of the party. Then a dark-haired, dark-skinned man of medium height and build came out to greet them.“Ah, Senor Chambers, it is a pleasure to see you again!” the man said. “I believe we last met in Nuremberg.”“Hola, Senor. Are you busy tonight?"He frowned at her message and the darkness that clouded her face. Hishands moved rapidly over the e-pad's keyboard as he typed his reply:"What do you mean, ?what the hell is this'? It's ADAM, Bec. Youremember me."He watched the letters of her reply flash on the e-exchanger's monitor:"Adam disappeared five years ago."Of course! Adam told himself. He had vanished half-a-decade ago, whenhe'd decided to become--no, not when he'd ?decided,' but when he'd hadto become--Amanda..