The air had a chill to it and he knew that it would be below freezing after the sun went down. Since it was early fall the daytime temperatures could ...reach fifty-five or sixty but it could get down to twenty or below before sunrise. It wasn't usual to have snow this time of year.Roger sat down in one of the two Adirondack chairs and stared out at the distant mountains. The cabin, while technically in the mountains, was not high enough to hit the really severe weather that the higher elevations. E. racism) is, at last, waning more and more. As with the first installment, this one is dedicated to Alicia and Oscar (and of course, to Ahmed)!! ]The evening that Alicia and I got married, I remember very clearly thinking, as we exchanged our vows, that at that very moment, she was already two months pregnant (but not by me, but by Ahmed); and as I stood there, surrounded by members of both our families, I felt so intensely exhilarated. In fact, I was so excited by this fact, that I had. I started telling her about the tunnel and how I got to this world. It was then that I recalled that electric tingle I felt when I was exploring."Oh my God," I said. "This is going to sound like something out of one of my comic books, but I wonder if I crossed through some sort of... dimensional portal."I stood up and began pacing around, my mind thinking. "That must be it," I said aloud, more to myself than her. She stayed sitting on the ground, just watching me. "And if there's one portal,. I started my bike and went to her address parked my bike in the parking and looked at my watch…. It was 9:15 pm….. I got in the elevator… Reached her floor and rung the door bell…. There she was…. Much more beautiful and bolder than she looked in her dp…. She wore a black one piece…. Her hairs were tied in a bun and black high heels…. She was looking such beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off her….. She waved her hands in front of my eyes and then I was back in my senses…… She welcomed me.