” John nodded, turned on the radio, and took off fast. Dave flew back in his seat, and it took him a second to get his breath back. He looked over a...t John. His hands had a firm grip on the wheel making his muscles pop out, and his tight shite shirt only accentuated his muscles even more. His black hair was still wet, and hung lazily over his face. ‘John looks tough,’ Dave thought to himself. ‘Strong and tough.’ Dave’s mind started to wonder and he started thinking about more premisculous stuff.. Inside, everything has been gutted and in place of traction motors, it carries different rail sensors mounted on the trucks, lasers for tracking the profile of the rail, and even cameras for visual inspection of the rail and ties. With roof mounted antennas recording GPS data, we can exactly match the collected data and the physical location it corresponds to and transmit it all in real-time back to our track maintenance depot, or even straight to corporate, in Norfolk. My ‘23-Skidoo’ also has. Like their family should have been.”She nodded and touched the canvas where Janice Saunders was painted. “I can’t take your money for this,” she said. “Janice was one of my oldest friends. This is beautiful. What else did you have to get framed?” She was a little misty-eyed and the drawings I handed to her didn’t help. She kissed my cheek and told me to come back in a few days and they’d be ready. “They’re gonna love these,” she assured me and shooed me out of the shop.We went looking for gifts. When I got home, I sent Ella a text, “Love you baby, see you later. I need to talk to you about something.”She replied quickly, “Love you too, can’t wait for tonight. What do you need to talk about?”I sent one last text before turning off my phone, “We’ll discuss it later, just get ready for the prom.”I ate some food and thought again about how I’d broach the subject later with Ella. I decided to wait, when the moment was right I’d know it. I figured I’d play some video games to take my mind.