I was really reticent to go at first, but Chelsea talked us into it, saying the woman was at the top of her field. We had to an individual session fir...st before we went together.I liked the counselor, a woman close to fifty who had been practicing for twenty-four years. I asked her once if over the years she’d heard it all. She grinned. “Not in the least. Every time I get complacent one of my clients throws me for a loop. You never know what’s going to come out of a client’s mouth.”We did the. We passed through Lansing on the way back to Belleville. Everything is gone ... REO is a big grassy field ... torn down and remade. All the places I used to go.They say, you can never go home. But that isn’t true; home went away. Trash took over.In Belleville, we went to Charlie’s home. To use a much used cliche; OMG!Saunas; not one, not two, but three. One for mom and dad ... and 10 friends. One for her older kids ... and 10 close friends. And one for the junior league; big enough for company.. “You have completed the count of those who would not sacrifice?”“Yes, sire.”“And I understand you want me to read the list before signing the execution warrant?”“Yes, sire.”Lucius sighed. “Very well, hand it over.”His face darkened as he read the list, and he cast a nervous glance around the throne room. It was packed with senators, foreign ambassadors, and citizens who had been granted an audience. No doubt there were also a fair number of spies among them.“I have a large number of petitioners. Handley," she said. "If there are no further questions, thank you, ladies and gentleman of the press corpse."We roared again at her pronunciation of "corps," and she left in a huff. With her assistant huffers right behind her.I was instantly voted an assistant membership in the newly formed Reporters Corpse Association and given a nickname: "Skewer." I hung around for another hour, meeting the other men and women of the Association, all of them from other state newspapers."So, buddy," I said to.