I’ve tried apologizing, I’ve tried acting as though nothing’s wrong, I’ve tried to talk to him . . . he’s just . . . immovable. He won’t l...et me in. It’s like he wants to be that angry at me.’ ‘It’ll come back and bite him,’ Dee said. ‘I hate to say it, but it will. Stuff like that always does.’ ‘You’re probably right,’ Lani agreed. ‘Sometimes I hope it’s not a big bite, other times I hope karma takes a big chunk out of ass.’ Dee laughed. If Lani could joke like that, she was coming out of it a. He had a quick wit and was obviously well-read and intelligent. She didn’t like why he was here, but he hadn’t mentioned the subject while they ate. He had seemed more fascinated by her.“I’ll be back in a minute,” Mary said and left him standing in the kitchen. She went downstairs to the basement and placed her hand on the door under the stairs. It swung back and gave her entrance, so she walked over to one of the small chests on the bench and opened it.Mary lifted out the small rectangular box. The woman's eyes were staring right back at her, smiling mischievously as Misty noticed something that she hadn't before.The trainer's eyes widened as she backed away from the portrait, only then seeing how it seemed to age slowly as she watched. Misty then hazarded a glance at the other pictures, finding Miranda's almost instantly and suddenly seeing her lover as a very old woman."What is this?!" she demanded, turning to where her guide had been, only to find that it had vanished from sight. Ambassador Morrison made the introductions and explained what and who.I thought the doctor was going to shake my hand off. When I glanced up there was a ZNN reporter who looked as haggard as the rest of the people here and a camera man. I wondered why he was even in the area at all. Then I realized that the Sudan - Ethiopia - Congo wars was his assignment.Boomer and Sidney had unloaded the generators into the back of the jeep along with a couple of the gas cans. It would take another trip to.