I’m going to take a shower and get ready to go out.’ She headed out of the room and I heard her trotting up the stairs. ‘Alex, I’m going into ...the kitchen to get something to drink.’ ‘Uh, um. ok. I’ll be there shortly,’ I heard through the door to the bathroom. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed one of the beers from the fridge. Before I opened it, I put it back and grabbed a coke. I then opened a bottle of Jack and made myself a Jack and Coke. I then got out the decks of cards and the poker. I didn't get out of the car since there was nothing I could do. Since I couldn't do anything, and there had been no call from Osborn, I pulled up the map to the closest Walmart. I had stolen the WIFI signal from the shipyard in order to access the Internet. They evidently didn't expect anyone to do so since it was password protected. I had fully expected to have to go back to the motel for my research.So I found out they sold a coffee warmers for the car at the closest Walmart store. It had one. I'm not really good at lying anyway though, so probably that's a good thing.It kinda sucked having to spend my study hall with her though, just because me and Josh coulda been playing table football in the library. You know, folding a piece of paper into a triangle? I was really good at kicking field goals. Better than he was! But instead I had to talk to Dr. Chase and she did make me feel good. I mean, most people didn't really care what I thought about anything. Josh did and my mom, sorta,. 'Rick's association with the Oracles of Aten was not covered in any of the books that Dale had borrowed from the library; more details were well worth hunting for. She thought it probable, for instance, that before the Boulders had split with the sect, they had worked out the story line of the rock opera together. Rick had once played her a tape recording of a couple of songs from it; sensitive and sophisticated, they were quite different from the band's usual stuff.That evening I rang The.