They weren’t even fantasies before that night, but now I wanted to turn them into realities. First on that list was Sean. Yeah, he was a bad boy, b...ut he was also the hottest guy I knew. I had known him since he used to pull my hair on the bus and snap my bra in the middle of the hallway middle school. He asked me out several times in the following years, but I always said no. He invited me to come over to his place multiple times and I’ll admit I fantasized about it, but I always said no. At. We rented a furnished house, stocked up on groceries and firewood. We caused our own little increase in the Gross National Product.So ... you ask why we didn't move on?The October storm that mauled Chicago?It went through Hibbing first.Don't even think about driving ... think cross-country skis for the family. Think frosty noses and purple fingers. Think ice hockey and sledding, snowmen and snowballs, and cuddling by the fire ... for six months. Think north of Duluth ... think of the three. Actual chemically propelled rounds. The only people she knew of who used such outdated weaponry were the same, nomadic types that had murdered her family. Myra stood at the edge of the ridge scanning the valley road. Down below, she could see their truck driving fast along the Rim Road over the quarry lake. Behind it, several electro-cycles were pursuing, and their riders were firing wildly at the truck. “Oh my god, they’re after Bo!” Myra felt cold terror run through her as the band of raiders. Das restliche Programm sollte ich gestalten, also sah ich für den Donnerstag Vormittag die Sehenswürdigkeiten wie Heldenplatz, Stephansdom, Belvedere und den Karlsplatz vor. Die Kaffeehäuser der Innenstadt vermied ich, denn das sollte eigentlich den Genossen der SPÖ verbehalten bleiben, vor allem das Landtmann. Danach hatte waren für vier Stunden Gespräche im Wiener Rathaus mit den Parteicelebritäten geplant. Am Donnerstag Nachmittag war eine Führung durch das rote Wien geplant, am Freitag.
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